It's got the schh factor (Schweppes Indian Tonic Water)

Member Name: Tracy_1127

Product:	Schweppes Indian Tonic Water
Date:	29/06/09 (134 review reads)
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We often drink vodka and tonic or gin and tonic in our house and for many years now we've been buying supermarket own brand tonic rather than the more expensive Schweppes. The own brand tonic usually costs around 45p a bottle and is often on offer as a buy 3 for a £1 so it's very inexpensive and until recently I'd have said there was no difference. It's just tonic water right?

The other night we ran out of tonic and I sent my other half to the supermarket to get some. He came back with a couple of bottles of Schweppes because the own brand stuff had sold out. Each 1 litre bottle cost 90p so it's twice the price of the supermarkets own brand.

Schweppes tonic water contains quinine which used to be used as a remedy against malaria but nowadays they put significantly less quinine into tonic water and it's purely for the taste. Anyone hoping to avoid malaria jabs don't!

We always buy the slimline version of tonic water and this has 4.5 calories per 250ml and not much else. This of course means your alcoholic drinks can be kept to a low calorie event, a shot of vodka or gin has about 50-60 calories in it.

The bottle has Schweppes across it in large letters and on the back a picture of a large gin and tonic topped with a slice of lime which looks really refreshing. According to some faint writing on the label Schweppes have been producing drinks since 1783. They also recommend you use Gordon's gin with the tonic so I assume they are something to do with that too!

So onto the product. When you open a bottle of any carbonated drink you get the "schhh" noise that Schweppes often use as their advertising slogan. I noticed this had a lot of fizz and made quite a bit of noise when I opened it but unlike the cheaper brands it didn't attempt to bubble over the top. It smells exactly the same as other brands but that's where the similarity ends.

The taste of Schweppes is so much better than the cheaper brands I'd forgotten just how much nicer it was. I can only describe it as being smoother and not as harsh, a milder flavour altogether that mixes better with vodka or gin. It really is so much tastier I'm going to go up a brand which is not something I usually do, particularly during a recession!

A few days later the product has retained it's fizz too, I opened it at the end of last week and I just opened it again and it's still making the "schh" noise whereas cheap brands lose their bubbles after a day or so and flat tonic water is just disgusting!

So overall it's more expensive than other brands but tastes so much better. If, like us, you've been on the cheap brands for a while buy yourself a bottle of this just to remind yourself how much tastier it is. Highly recommended.

Summary: Very tasty!