<story><title>The Intoxicating History of Gin</title><url>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/12/09/the-intoxicating-history-of-gin</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>mauvehaus</author><text>While we&amp;#x27;re on the subject of gin:&lt;p&gt;A martini is comprised of gin, vermouth and between 0 and 3 olives.&lt;p&gt;If there is no vermouth it isn&amp;#x27;t a &amp;quot;bone dry martini&amp;quot;. It&amp;#x27;s just &amp;quot;a glass of cold gin&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;The modifiers &amp;quot;perfect&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;dirty&amp;quot; are also permissible when applied to to a martini.&lt;p&gt;If it&amp;#x27;s made with vodka, not gin, it&amp;#x27;s a vodka martini.&lt;p&gt;Other concoctions served in a cocktail glass are just cocktails. Which are fine, but please don&amp;#x27;t co-opt the name &amp;quot;martini&amp;quot; because it sounds cosmopolitan.&lt;p&gt;Wait.&lt;p&gt;Shit.</text></comment>
<story><title>The Intoxicating History of Gin</title><url>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/12/09/the-intoxicating-history-of-gin</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>sandGorgon</author><text>&amp;gt;&lt;i&gt;From the outset, it was laced with memories, or myths, of imperial rule; what Schweppes first sold in 1870 was not just tonic water but “Indian Tonic Water,” and today, though besieged by an army of Fever-Tree tonics, it still holds considerable sway. The water is tonic because it contains quinine, which is anti-malarial—a lifesaver, if you happen to be invading or infesting a marshy foreign land. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Oh yes - gin and tonic should be rightfully considered India&amp;#x27;s national drink. Its what the British had to invent to not die.</text></comment>