6 Bottles of East Imperial Grapefruit Tonic Water

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East Imperial Superior Beverages

The East Imperial story began with passion. A passion to put the tradition back into tonic water. Inspired by a family recipe from 1903, using original, handpicked ingredients and a small batch production method and a cold filling process, just like they used back in 1903. The best bartenders from across Asia and the most skilled distillers from all over the world have created the highest quality range of mixers on the market.

East Imperial is the only tonic water in China that actually contains quinine.

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The grapefruit was not discovered until the 18th century and botanists believe it is the result of cross-breeding sweet oranges of Barbados with the pomelo, a citrus fruit native to Indonesia. The British knew that not only was this new fruit delicious, it was very good for you too, with sailors and explorers favouring it over lime and lemons due to its natural higher vitamin C content. Enter Harry Craddock, who was known in the 1930s for his fantastic cocktails at iconic London destinations, The Savoy and The Dorchester Hotel. In his journals and recipes he often spoke of using the ‘forbidden fruit’ and his secrets remained somewhat shrouded in mystery until recent years. Inspired by Craddock, using the South East Asian Pomelo, which delivers a deep rich orange note and carefully blended this with Ruby Red Grapefruit, resulting in a tonic which delivers the ultimate citrus balance. We recommend pairing Grapefruit Tonic with traditional London dry gins and citrus-forward spirits.