Homemade Tonic Water

"Make tonic syrup right from home. Step up your gin and tonic game with this unique and fun recipe. This does not taste like your mama’s tonic water. Using Schweppe’s as my standard, I would say that this tonic water tastes quite a bit different. The most noticeable difference, in my opinion, is that the homemade stuff tastes much sweeter than what I am used to. I suppose the cup and a half of sugar this recipe calls for might do that. Really, it almost tastes like something I might use for a gin gimlet or a whiskey sour, but with that bitter, tonic taste."