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Why does tonic water taste so bitter — and why does it GLOW under a blacklight? In this video, we crack open the surprisingly wild story behind tonic water: from ancient Peruvian medicine to colonial malaria wards, to the invention of the gin and tonic, and finally onto your bar cart today.

Tonic water isn't just a cocktail mixer. It's a drink with a 400-year-old story involving indigenous healers, the British Empire, a tree bark that changed history, and a compound called quinine that literally fluoresces blue under UV light.

In this video, you'll discover:
•What quinine is and why it makes tonic water bitter
•How cinchona bark from Peru became the British Empire's secret weapon against malaria
•How the gin and tonic was literally invented as a medical treatment
•Why modern tonic water contains almost no therapeutic quinine — and whether it's actually healthy
•Why tonic water glows electric blue under a UV / blacklight
•The artisan tonic revival and all the wild flavors on shelves today

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