Adjuvant

16:04 Mar 26, 2014 

Well, it's not THAT odd — as an extra ingredient, it has to be paid for, and after all, it IS only €0.10; it's just what FR cafés / bars do all the time, when an 'ordinary' coffee costs say €1 and a coffee with milk costs, say, €1.20.

19:04 Mar 25, 2014 

Makes sense Tony, given the extra. Although how odd to charge for lemon! Back from a visit to Amsterdam where bread is put on restaurant tables and charged the earth for; surprising change to my French restau habits.

14:56 Mar 24, 2014 

I think it's very important not to get too carried away with the dictionary meanings of 'adjuvant' here — regardless of any other definitions, it just means 'additive' — but as that often has negative connotations, let's just say 'something that is added'.

There's no reason to assume that orange juice, say, added to whisky, is intended to have any kind of stimulating effect; 'adjuvant' is just being used as a rather poncy word for what you add.

Likewise for tea — there is no reason to over-interpret this in some exotic way as speciality teas, herbal infusions, or stimulants of any kind; it's just something you might add to tea, like lemon or milk, in the same way you might add cola or orange juice or soda water, say to whisky (well, except for the fact one would hope soda water would be free!)

This is entirely consistent with the price premium being charged. The premium for speciality teas (if not actually infusions) is usually somewhat higher.

08:46 Mar 24, 2014 

Or again detoxifying tea? But then whats a detoxifying whisky?! What kind of a restaurant is it? Healthy eating?

08:46 Mar 24, 2014 

I don't think you can translate 'adjuvant' the same way in both cases. I'd say tea with milk or lemon and whisky with mixer.

08:39 Mar 24, 2014 

Found this: Internally it is used as an adjuvant (tea, h.p.) for diabetes. http://www.herbosophy.com.au/gymnema-gymnema-sylvestris/
But have my doubts here if it is used alongside whisky!