Sainsbury's 'Basic's' Diet Indian Tonic Water

A few years ago I had a bad case of flu and was quite ill. I used to like my drink, especially lager and now and then a brandy but while ill I went off all drinks except hot chocolate and water. For a few months after this is all I drunk but I didnt enjoy going to the pub as I didnt want an alcoholic drink anymore but lemonade and coke tasted far too sweet for my liking. Then the lady behind the bar suggested I try a tonic water with ice and lemon. I cn honestly say I had never tried tonic before but thought I would give it a try and realy enjoyed it. Next time we went shopping I looked to buy some to have at home but the big name brands were very expensive ...  Read the complete review

I had my friends over last weekend for a few drinks and a catch up. Naturally having a fully stocked shelf of spirits I went to Sainsbury's to buy some mixers and top of the list was tonic water. I usually like a slimline or diet version as I feel it offers a nice taste, may be owing to the sweeteners. Seeing that the basics range has become a popular choice I made an effort to seek out the basics diet Indian tonic water and was pleased to find it was only 35p for a 1 litre bottle. Wonderful! The bottle is as expected nothing you would shout home about but that is the joy of the basics range. It is transparent with a label wrapping around the ...  Read the complete review

I do like tonic water and I particularly love it with my tipple of choice which is gin! Yep it's Mothers ruin all the way for me and I love the stuff! The other day I had the gin, I had the lime on standby as well but I'd ran out of tonic so off I trotted to my local Sainsbury's. I always buy quite decent and expensive tonic waters as I think it's an integral mixer really but I saw this on sale for 10p a bottle and saw a woman loading her trolley with them so I grabbed a couple of them shocked at the price and felt inquisitive! The Packaging.... 1 litre see-through bottle with white plastic screw on/off cap to the top of it. Round the ...  Read the complete review