Espresso Tonic: How to Make the Perfect Sparkling Coffee Drink
The espresso tonic is one of those drinks that sounds wrong until you try it. Espresso and tonic water? Carbonated coffee? It shouldn’t work — and yet it does, remarkably well. The drink originated in Scandinavian specialty coffee shops around 2015 and spread globally through the third-wave coffee movement. Today it’s a staple in good independent coffee bars, but it’s genuinely easy to make at home. Here’s everything you need to know: the recipe, the best tonic water brands, the right espresso to use, and why the pour order matters more than you’d think. ...