At the market recently, I was working through my honey-do list.

The list tasked me with getting the basics.

Eggs.

Milk.

Bread.

Kale.

On the opposite side of the produce section, I overheard a harried customer with a shopping basket much more desirable than mine.

Her basket was teaming with delicious canapés and savory snacks.

She asks the shop clerk: "Where is the Fevertree?"

Not where is the club soda?

Not where is the tonic?

Not where is the ginger beer?

But where is the Fevertree?

Amazing.

In this woman's mind, Fevertree wasn't just a mixer; it was the mixer.

In this woman's mind, Fevertree escaped from a commodity mixer to a luxury mixer.

And for her cocktail party, only a luxury mixer would do.

"When you stop and think that three-quarters of that gin and tonic, is tonic, why aren't more people interested in the tonic water?" -- Tim Warrillow, co-founder and CEO of Fevertree Drinks Plc, owners of Britain's top brand for tonic.

Launched in 2005, Fevertree has used natural ingredients, sleek packaging, and deft marketing to overtake its better-funded and better-established rivals in the mixer market.

Fevertree has taken a liquid ingredient that many previously saw as an afterthought add-on to a cocktail as now the essential must-have liquid ingredient.

Fevertree acts like the maker of craft liquor.

Provenance.

Quality.

Flavor.

Exotic.

Charles Gibb, director of Fevertree's North American operation, says: "The biggest competitor to us, that horrible soda gun."

"No bartender really wants to be spraying drinks with a gun."

If you need help making sure your communications mixer is a must-have, Caracal is here to help.

Enjoy the ride + plan accordingly.

-Marc

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