Cucumber & Lime Tonic Water

When your gin and tonic is predominantly made up of the latter, make sure you have the very best on the market…

The purity of flavour in this game-changing Cucumber & Lime Tonic Water is astounding. As refreshing as a cold shower, this is the driest in the range, opening with crunchy cucumber aromas before leading on to a zesty lime juice finish. Harvey Nichols recommends experimenting with this versatile mixer, but London Dry gins and herb or citrus-led expressions such as Brighton, Conker, D1, Daffy, ELLC, Hills & Harbour, Liverpool, Rock Rose and Tyler Street, or even something more adventurous like bianco-style vermouth, would be great places to start.

Each bottle of Harvey Nichols Tonic Water features the iconic de Havilland Mosquito, a patriotic homage to the myth dating back to colonial India, where the British would drink tonic water containing quinine to ward of mosquito-borne malaria.

We searched the length and breadth of the British Isles for the perfect partner to create this tonic and found Claire Rennie in the tiny Aberdeenshire’s parish of Pitsligo. Her company, Summerhouse Drinks, are masters of their art, growing many of the botanicals used in their own walled garden and using no artificial colours, flavours, sweeteners or preservatives.