Pukka Coolers

July, 1975

Summertime is Tonic Time to a good portion of sweltering humanity. At the first intimation of hot weather, tonic drinks suddenly bloom at marinas and golf clubs, beaches and barbecues. The venerable gin and tonic is still number one on the charts, but vodka, white rum, tequila and Campari are just a few of the potables frequently paired with tonic.As it happens, the gin and tonic is an accident of history and pharmacology, one of the happier spin-offs of Great Britain's 18th and 19th Century col...