As good as it gets. The first carbonated drink was Schweppes Tonic which was developed so that people could drink quinine as medicine in spite of its bitter taste. You can formulate bitter soft drinks without quinine but you may not be able to call them tonics depending on local legislation. Without quinine you also loss the slight blue phosphorescence of tonic water.
Actually the Schweppes company offers several different products. Some examples include "American Ginger Ale", "Indian Tonic Water", "Original Bitter Lemon" or "Fruity Citrus / Fruity Lemon".
quinine is bitter when tasted........
The bitter principle in grapefruit is naringin, not quinine. They are not chemically related.
Quinine is a flavour component of tonic water and bitter lemon drinks, manufactured eg. by Schwepps and Canada Dry.
To give it the distinctive bitter taste.
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Bitter Lemon Press was created in 2003.
Several important bitter chemicals: denatonium benzoate (this the champion), quinine, alkaloids.
it tastes good by itself. after the shot, you can sip on schweppes bitter lemon, a good companion
Not really, it tastes bitter.