Long Island Iced Tea

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Ingredients

How to make it

Build all spirits and mixers over ice in a highball glass. Top with a splash of cola. Garnish with lemon.

About the Long Island Iced Tea

Despite having no tea, it resembles iced tea. Created in Long Island in the 1970s.

Missing something?

  • No vodka? Use Citrus Vodka (Adds a lemon note)
  • No tequila? Use Tequila Reposado (Rounder, a little oak)
  • No tequila? Use Mezcal (Adds smoke)
  • No white rum? Use Gold Rum (A little richer)
  • No white rum? Use Cachaça (Grassier and funkier)
  • No gin? Use Old Tom Gin (Slightly sweeter)
  • No gin? Use Genever (Maltier and rounder)
  • No triple sec? Use Grand Marnier (Richer and cognac-based)
  • No triple sec? Use Blue Curaçao (Same flavour, but turns the drink blue)
  • No lemon juice? Use Lemon (Squeeze fresh: 1 lemon gives about 30 ml)
  • No lemon juice? Use Lime Juice (Sharper, different aroma)
  • No simple syrup? Use Sugar (1 tsp sugar is about 7.5 ml syrup; stir until dissolved)
  • No simple syrup? Use Honey Syrup (Adds honey flavour)

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