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"As you folks know I really enjoy premium spirits. I'm a quality over quantity kind of guy, and was brought up from a young age to really enjoy life and all it has to offer. I was taught that when we celebrate we should pull out the champagne, when we want to relax then sip something sublime. The thing is that most mixers just don't do justice to a fine liquor."

"For the past few months I have been seeking out premium mixers, especially tonic water and hard to find ones like bitter lemon. I finally narrowed down the field to the top few, but none were what I would call premium. I then caught news about some new mixers coming to market. Several are just in test stages and one that seems very promising is in the pre-production phase and will be coming out later this spring. (Yes I will have a review and interview with the creator)"

"I had heard about Fever-Tree premium mixers from the UK but they haven't been available in the US. For the past 18 months they have been taking Europe by storm, but with always a limited availability. Well now things have changed and they are coming to the US market. I was sent some samples to try a few weeks ago, but a severe bout of the flu had me on my back for almost two weeks. Finally, with great anticipation, I felt well enough to open them up, and I am so glad I did."

"Fever-Tree presently makes four premium quality, artisinal mixers. Indian Tonic Water, Bitter Lemon, Ginger Ale, and Club Soda. Just recently Fever-Tree won the prestigious 1st prize as the 'International Gourmet Product 2006' for their Indian Tonic Water at the World Gastronomic Festival in Spain. All Fever-Tree mixers are completely natural and contain no artificial sweeteners, flavors or preservatives. They also don't have any synthetic colors, chlorinated water, manufactured quinine, and any sodium or high fructose corn syrup. One thing they have is a very high carbonation level which means a great fizz and delivers the drinks botanical aromas better than other mixers."

" I had quite a few questions about Fever-Tree mixers and contacted them. I communicated in depth with several helpful folks in the UK and US. My questions were speedily answered and made it to the top levels. This has been a great company to work with and they have tons of great energy. Here are some of the questions I asked them."

" "Charles Rolls is the managing director of Fever-Tree Ltd, UK. (He is the former part-owner and managing director of the sublime Plymouth Gin and brought it back successfully when it was starting to fade from notice.)"

" Charles Rolls states, "The marketplace is dominated by inferior mixers that actually obscure and adulterate, rather than enhance, the subtle flavors of quality spirits. Our mission at fever-Tree is to raise both standards and expectations of what a mixer should be.""

" "Fever-Tree Premium Indian Tonic Water and Bitter Lemon derive their crisp, clean refreshing flavors from the variety of chinchona grown along the Rwanda-Congo border that is known to yield some of the world's finest quinine. Fever-Tree Ginger Ale owes its brisk, distinctive flavor to three varieties of ginger from Ecuador, Cochin and Nigeria including the unique use of fresh green (young) ginger, while the Club Soda gets its pure taste from soft spring water from Scotland.""

" "Fever-Tree tonic water was launched in the U.K. in May 2005, but really began to gain momentum around October 2005. Shortly thereafter they launched the bitter lemon and in March 2006 the ginger ale.""

" "The official U.S. launch is (right now) in March 2007 and the product is currently available thru BevMo (Beverages and More!) in California and Arizona. Brands of Britain is the importer and they are hard at working setting up other distribution channels throughout the U.S. (gourmet grocery retailers, etc.) and we will certainly keep you posted with further updates. ""

" The Fever-Tree premium mixers will be available in the US in 4-packs retailing for around $5.99."

" is a blend of natural flavors including cold pressed by hand orange oil, coriander oil, lime oil, African marigold, Kenyan bitter orange oil, cane sugar, and the highest quality quinine from the Fever Tree (Chinchona ledgeriana.) Fever-Tree suggests pairing it with premium gin and vodka, as well as enjoying it on its own."

" The tonic water is very dry and tart with just the right amount of sugar to balance it out noticeably. It has more chinchona quinine bark than other tonics and faint glimpses of the bitter orange, marigold, coriander and lime oils are present. This is a great tonic water and compared to all the tonic waters currently on the market, is in a class by itself. No other tonic water on the market even comes close."

" is hazy to look at because it is made with natural Sicilian lemon juice and then blended with cold pressed by hand orange oils, various secret botanical flavors, cane sugar, spring water, and quinine. Sort of like old fashion handmade lemonade with the dry, tart taste of quinine."

" The Bitter Lemon is absolutely excellent. It is TANGY AND TART6 WITH A GREAT LEMON ZEST FLAVOR. The sugar is barely there, just to calm down the dryness of the chinchona. There aren't many bitter lemon mixers on the US market. I have had Canada Dry and Schweppes bitter lemon before and while they are good, the Fever-Tree Bitter Lemon just blows them away. It's a sublime mix that goes great with a great gin or even vodka, and is complex enough to be drunk straight as an aperitif or digestif."

" is made with pure, soft Scottish spring water that has been carbonated with small, energetic bubbles like you get in a fine sparkling wine. Fever-Tree suggests pairing it with "whisky, Scotch, and bourbons of distinction.""

" The Club Soda is exceptionally fizzy with a clean clear spring water taste. I wanted to see exactly what the water quality was like and let it lose most of the carbonation. After the loss of most of the carbonation
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