Long Island Iced Tea長島冰茶
Flavour
- Body
- Spirit-forwardSparkling
- Taste
- SourSweet
- Colour
- Amber
- Style
- Long drink
Ingredients
- Vodka15 ml
- Gin15 ml
- Rum15 ml
- Tequila15 ml
- Triple Sec15 ml
- Lemon Juice30 ml
- Syrup20 ml
- Cokesome
Served
- Glass
- Collins glass
- Ice
- Ice cubes
- Garnish
- Lemon wedge
- Technique
- Build
Method
Fill a collins glass with ice and build the vodka, gin, rum, tequila, triple sec, lemon juice and syrup in it. Top with cola, stir gently and hang a lemon wedge on the rim.
About this drink
Accounts differ. The most often cited version credits Robert Butt at the Oak Beach Inn on Long Island in the early 1970s; another traces it to Prohibition-era Tennessee. Four white spirits and a splash of cola give it the colour of iced tea and none of the tea.