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Tokyo Iced Tea

Long drinks and highballs · Three Mile Island Nuclear Iced Tea

3.5 52 ratings

Ingredients

1/2 oz Light white rum
1/2 oz Gin
1/2 oz Vodka
1/2 oz Reposado tequila
1/2 oz Triple sec
1/2 oz Green melon liqueur
1 oz Lime juice
1 2/3 oz Lemon-lime soda

How to make

Serve in a sling glass

Prepare

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

Method

  1. 3 SHAKE first 7 ingredients with ice.
  2. 4 STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
  3. 5 TOP with lemon-lime soda (or lemonade)and briefly stir.

Garnish

  1. 6 Garnish with lemon slice wheel.
  2. 7 Serve with a straw.

14.2% alc./vol. · 1.8 standard drinks · 203 calories

History

The half shot of melon liqueur surprisingly shows through the many other ingredients.

The specific time, place, and person responsible for adding green melon liqueur to a Long Island Iced Tea to create the Tokyo Iced Tea remain unknown. It is a creation that might be difficult for someone to claim ownership of. This cocktail is associated with TGI Fridays from the mid-1990s, a period when the chain was recognized for its skilled bartenders and considerable influence. The Tokyo Iced Tea does not appear in any cocktail books from the 1980s; its first known printed mention is attributed to Paul Knorr in his 2007 book, 10,000 Drinks: 27 Years' Worth of Cocktails.