DOTD For Wednesday, August 20, 2025

This One's Gonna Bite….

Today’s DOTD - Drink Of The Day - is a Gin and Tonic, inspired by World Mosquito Day - yes, that’s really a thing - which helps raise awareness about the ongoing threat of malaria & other diseases transmitted by one of the world's deadliest killers, the mosquito.

For those who didn’t know, August 20 is World Mosquito Day. Leave it to the British to name a day after a notorious vector of plague and pestilence, but the celebration of the day is driven by Sir Ronald Ross’ discovery in 1897 that female mosquitos are responsible for transmitting malaria. Not surprisingly, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine holds annual Mosquito Day celebrations, complete with parties, exhibitions, and drinks.

While this celebration may be weird, thankfully the British also invented the venerable Gin and Tonic - or G&T - our Drink of the Day.

Ingredients

Here’s what you’re going to need for this drink: