Here's How to Make a Perfect Gin and Tonic

Happy Friday, kids. You know what that means: Your five-day nightmare of spreadsheet-building, computer-crashing capitalism has come to a temporary close, and now your only duty to yourself for a little over 48 beautiful hours will be to enjoy some quality recreation time, which often involves alcohol.

The gin and tonic is a beautiful thing. It's wildly simple and yet endlessly complex. It tastes so much like itself and yet like nothing else in the world. It's boozy and fizzy and refreshing and tart and herbal all at once.

Maybe you think you know how to make one already. I mean… it has two ingredients, right? Well if you want to make a perfect gin and tonic, you'll need a bit more attention to detail than a red Solo cup, a bottle of Seagrams, and a flat two-liter of Canada Dry.

But don't worry. It's still easy—just mind your ratios and don't forget a lemon wedge.

Happy Friday. May your weekend be as refreshing as this Platonic ideal of a G+T.