Cardamom and Juniper Gin and Tonic – a good easy gin and tonic with juniper and cardamom simple syrup for a solid gin and tonic!

If you love the spicy, herbal notes in a gin and tonic you can love this good recipe that packs in tons of juniper and cardamom flavor for a gin and tonic you'll never forget!

This post was inspired by two goats – no, really!

Our friend Kelly had two new babies to name, and we suggested “Juniper and Cardamom” after two of our favorite flavors in gin…. and of course, this led us to realize we of course needed to make a drink in honor of the new kids!

You can find more about Kelly's homegrown recipes, the goats, and our friend Kelly's current home-grown challenge where she's only eating things she grows at home or can barter to get for an entire year.

Check out one of our adorable namesakes for this drink:

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And follow Kelly for more home grown fun and lots of goat shenanigans!

We hope you love this recipe as much as we do!

At Avdaye, we add lots of tips in all of our recipes – because we are a home cook without any formal training, and we find we are more confident making dishes when we understand why it works, and what each ingredient means to the flavor of a recipe. Our goal is for even the most beginner home cook to feel empowered in the kitchen.

Juniper Cardamom Simple Syrup

To pack a punch with the flavor, we're making a -easy simple syrup to pack more of a flavorful punch.

Juniper and Cardamom Simple Syrup Ingredients

1 cup water
1/4 cup whole cardamom
1/4 cup juniper berries
2 cups white sugar

How To Make Juniper Cardamom Simple Syrup

In a saucepot, combine water, cardamom, and juniper.
Bring to a boil.
Stir in sugar, until completely dissolved.
Remove from heat but keep covered, and let simmer for about 15 minutes.
Pour into jar with tight fitting lid and refrigerate for at least 24 hours for the most flavor.

What Gin To Use

For this gin and tonic, you want a more floral gin that doesn't have a ton of anise flavor.

We recommend Hendricks, Botanist, Tanqueray, Monkey 47, or Gunpowder Gin – but you can use a gin you love.

If you love cardamom, you can make an over the top G&T with Bertha's Revenge Milk Gin. We once had an insanely cardamom-filled G&T at Muriel's in Belfast with Milk Gin that inspired this drink!

What Tonic to Use

For any gin and tonic, you want to use a tonic water that you love, since it is a main flavor component for your drink.

We personally like diet tonic to avoid the extra (and in our mind unnecessary) sugar in tonic – and opt for Fever Tree Naturally light, Schweppes diet tonic, or Q tonic.

If you want to try something a bit more flavorful, we love Fever Tree Indian Tonic.

While we love flavored tonics like Fever Tree's Elderflower tonic, an overly floral tonic would complicate the flavor of this drink and compete with the cardamom, so we advise a plain tonic for this cocktail.