It's a sad state of affairs when the highlight of my Sunday was finding special tonic water I'd sampled in Manhattan a few weeks ago.
It all began in the SoHo Dean & Deluca, while I was looking looking for lychee syrup (they didn't have any, but yes, my life is a series of searches for semi-obscure items). I happened across a man offering samples of Q Tonic. "What could be the big deal?" I wondered. "Tonic water is tonic water, isn't it?"
Wrong. This does not taste like regular tonic at all.
I love a good gin and tonic, but in the past couple of years, I've been drinking fewer G&Ts because I felt like the tonic was just too sweet, and although I can drink diet cola, diet tonic water is revolting. Q Tonic is very, very light and refreshing, and it's not made with corn syrup. A friend of mine tried a sample and even admitted, "I don't usually like tonic water at all, but this is pretty good."
I finally found some today at Whole Foods in Westport ... at a cost of $8.99 for four single-serving bottles. Ouch. I do have to wonder whether Q Tonic is going to last at these prices. Are people really going to be willing to shell out more than $2 for a single serving of tonic water, no matter how "different" it is?
After having looked for this tonic water for two weeks, though, I splurged anyway. As I write this, I'm sipping away on a Tanqueray Ten and Q Tonic. Mmmm.
It's the little things, you see.
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