It’s the third Friday of January and the third Friday for me without alcohol. Friday nights are the only time that I really miss it. Somehow a cup of tea or just plain water doesn’t feel celebratory enough for the achievement of making it through the working week. So when Friday comes around I’ve been trying to make my drinks a little more interesting.

I’m very taken with the Morello Cherry Cordial by Bottlegreen, which I’ve used before in an alcoholic cocktail, the Cherry Beer, it’s good and I’ve been drinking it with fizzy water. However, last Friday, I forget to get any fizzy water and used tonic. I often drink a G&T minus the gin so using lime seemed to be the way to go.

Cherry Lime Tonic

What

1.5oz cherry cordial

6oz tonic water

half a lime

ice

How

1) Fill a highball glass with ice

2) Squeeze the juice of the lime into the glass, add the lime.

3) Pour in the cherry cordial.

4) Top up the glass with the tonic water and stir gently to combine.