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Long Island Iced Tea

Citrusy · Classic/vintage · Hall of Fame and must know/try

4.0 267 ratings

Ingredients

5/12 oz Light white rum
5/12 oz Gin
5/12 oz Vodka
5/12 oz Blanco tequila
5/12 oz Triple sec
5/12 oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)
5/12 oz Lemon juice
5/12 oz Lime juice
2 oz Cola

How to make

Serve in a collins glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of lemon slice wheel.

Method

  1. 3 SHAKE first 8 ingredients with ice.
  2. 4 STRAIN into ice-filled glass whilst also pouring cola.

Garnish

  1. 5 Garnish with lemon slice.

Flavour profile

11.6% alc./vol. · 1.4 standard drinks · 209 calories

History

A cooling combination of four white spirits, triple sec, lemon, and lime, topped with a splash of cola.

This cocktail reached its peak popularity in the early 1980s. By 1985, The New York Times reported, "A potent alcoholic drink called Long Island Iced Tea is sweeping the Island's bars as well as watering spots across the country." Among the many origin stories, one of the most credible places its creation in the 1970s, possibly 1972, by Robert "Rosebud" Butt at Oak Beach Inn in Babylon, New York. The area is known as Long Island, and the drink's resemblance to iced tea has led some to claim its origins date back to Prohibition, due to its disguised alcoholic content.

Created by Robert (Rosebud) Butt