Orange & Lavender 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 Orange & Elderflower Tonic Water is astounding. Zesty and punchy without being overwhelming, it opens with intense orange oil and finishes with dry Provençal lavender. Harvey Nichols recommends experimenting with this stunningly original mixer, but more robust gins with higher ABVs such as Sipsmith VJOP, Nikka, Ki No Bi, Herno Juniper Cask, Garden Tiger, Forest Earl Grey and Cotswolds, or even something more adventurous; younger expressions of Cognac, would be a great place 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.