Whisky & Tonic

Ingredients

• 50 ml whisky (bourbon, rye or a gentle Scotch)
• 120 ml well-chilled tonic water
• Large ice cubes
• A strip of orange peel

Preparation

1. Fill the glass to the top with ice. The more ice, the less watery the drink: it sounds contradictory, but a little ice melts fast and leaves the drink weak.
2. Pour the whisky over the ice and stir two or three times to chill it before adding anything else.
3. Add the tonic with the glass tilted, letting it slide down the side. Dumping it in kills half the fizz.
4. Stir once, from the bottom up, with a bar spoon. Any more and you lose bubbles without gaining anything.
5. Express the orange peel over the glass to release its oils and drop it in.