Long Island Ice Tea!?!
Long Island Ice Tea!?
Does anyone know an awesome recipe? That would be amazing :)
Answers:
Um... it's pretty standard. Just look it up.
A great variation is a Long Beach Iced Tea. i/2 shots of rum,tequila,vodka,whiskey and a shot each of 7-up and cranberry. Add a bit of pineapple and it will layer in a beautiful sunset color.
A Long Island Iced Tea is a cocktail made with, among other ingredients, vodka, gin, tequila, and rum. A popular variation mixes equal parts vodka, gin, rum, tequila, and triple sec with 1 1/2 parts sour mix with a splash of cola. Close variants often replace the sour mix with sweet and sour mix or with lemon juice, and the cola with actual iced tea. Some chain restaurants even take the liberty of substituting brandy for the tequila.
Some claim that the drink, like most cocktails, was invented during the Prohibition era, as a way of taking the appearance of a non-alcoholic drink (iced tea). A lemon slice is often added to enhance this resemblance. To some, the drink also shares a similar taste to tea. This has led to its frequent use in fiction as a method to get a teetotaler drunk.
However, evidence suggests that the Long Island Iced Tea was in fact invented in the late 1970s by Robert (Rosebud) Butt, a bartender at the Oak Beach Inn, Long Island,New York.
The drink has a much higher alcohol concentration (~28%) than most cocktails because of the proportionally small amount of mixer. This American cocktail is often altered in other countries, due to the presence of sour mix. Long Island Iced Tea served outside the States are often made of liquors and cola alone (without sour mix), or with lemon or lime juice, or with lime cordial.
I make mine:
2 oz lemon juice
2 oz vodka
1 oz white rum
1 oz silver tequilia
1 oz gin
1/2 oz creme de menthe
pour over ice
add cola to taste
stir
Its just rum vodka and gin i gues...and some lemonade topped up with cola...remember NO tea...
When I was bartending in 1985, we made our Long Island Ice Tea with two of the bar white liquors. In a tall Hurricane glass filled with ice mix one shot of vodka and one shot of rum. Fill 3/4 full with sweet and sour drink mix and the rest with Coca-Cola. Garnish with lemon. And if your want the tea really tasty add a shot of white tequila to produce a Texas Tea, before filling the glass with sweet and sour drink mix and Coca-Cola.
I like long island lemonade. It's made the same as a standard long island ice t except you substitute the cola for sprite or 7up. Tastes a million times better
Here is what I found, it is simple and easy to make
Long Island Iced Tea
Ingredients
4 ounces Cola
1 ounce Gin
1 ounce Rum (Light)
1 ounce Vodka
1 ounce Lemon Juice
1 ounce Tequila (White)
1 teaspoon Sugar (Powdered)
Glass Type Category
Highball
Old-Fashioned
Party Drink
Cocktail
Directions
In a shaker half filled with ice, combine vodka, gin, rum, tequila, lemon juice, and sugar. Shake well. Strain into glass. Add cola and mix well.
This drink is a sipper.