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cinchona bark

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cinchona bark
dried bark of the stem or root of various South American trees of the genus Cinchona. It is the source of quinine, cinchonine and cinchonidine. Used as a bitter and antipyretic.


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Greg Best GIN AND HOMEMADE TONIC For the tonic: 1 gallon filtered water 3 tablespoons powdered cinchona bark * 3/4 ounce crystallized citric acid 8-10 dashes Reagan's orange bitters 1/2 cup simple syrup or agave nectar, plus more to taste For the cocktail: 2 ounces gin, preferably Miller's or Hendrick's 3 ounces tonic water, from above For the garnish: Lemon twist * Available through Raintree Nutrition, (800) 780-5902 or www.
He also makes his own ginger beer - ginger, lemon, sugar, water and champagne yeast - and tonic water from boiled-down cinchona bark with lemongrass and seasonal flavors, clove, cinnamon and cardamom for winter and tangerine peel and juice, lemongrass and cardamom in spring.
He pointed to the examples of cinchona bark, ayahuasca, maca, colored cotton, and others, where he said it had already happened.
 
 
 
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