Top 5 Long Island Iced Tea Cocktails - Easy Cocktails
The Long Island: One of The Most popular cocktails in History!
Note on this video: I mention that Cointreau is made from a Neutral grain spirit macerated with oranges but that's not totally true, Cointreau is made from a neutral spirit made from Sugar Beets and I knew that, i think I made the flub because I'm usually talking about Whiskey LOL!
The Long Island Iced Tea is the Rodney Dangerfield of cocktails, it don't get no respect! But if you see it for what it really is, you'll see that it's simply a sour template where the main spirit is split into four with a little dry Cointreau to temper the sweet. Now given that we're in a time when cocktails are thought of in a more culinary way and there's a lot of innovation going on it's easy to see why this drink get's lost in the shuffle, it really isn't very balanced and it is a lot of sweet on sweet on sweet. That said, it is somewhat of a guilty pleasure, it is a household name that is called often, will continue to be called in bars today, Highball drinks are back in fashion and therefore worth our consideration. If you are working in a bar today (and really even if you're not) you may as well know how to make a Long Island Iced Tea, and if you're going to learn that, you may as well learn all the major variations too. There are easily another five variations on this drink, using the same template and changing the modifier and the lengthener.
The Long Island came into being the way a lot of cocktails do: A company wanted to sell a product so created a competition for bartenders to push the product. In this case it was Triple Sec and the guy who entered the competition was a bartender named Robert Rosebud Butt who worked at the Oak Beach Inn on Long Island, NY around 1972. There is a somewhat similar drink which claims to be the genesis of the Long Island created during Prohibition by a guy known as Old Man Bishop in a community called Long Island in Kingsport Tennessee. The drink is said to have been perfected by Ransom Bishop (Old Man Bishop's Son) and it consisted of various amounts of the major four liquors with the addition of Whiskey and Maple Syrup. I don't have the specs on this one, just the story which seems unlikely as it wouldn't have been created in the 1920's, lay dormant for 50 years then all of a sudden spike in popularity. But I guess it could have provided inspiration to Mr. Butt if he;'d known about it. All of this is just conjecture, there's really no way to know!
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List of Ingredients:
Light Rum
Tequila
Vodka
Gin
Bourbon
Midori
Blue Curaçao
Cranberry Juice
Lemon Juice
Simple Syrup
Triple Sec or Cointreau
Mexican Coke
Mexican Sprite
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Here's The Specs:
Long Island Iced Tea:
.5oz (15ml) White Rum
.5oz (15ml) Vodka
.5oz (15ml) Tequila
.5oz (15ml) Gin
.5oz (15ml) Cointreau
.75oz (22.5ml) Lemon Juice
.75oz (22.5ml) Simple Syrup
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Long Island Iced Tea Cocktail: A Step-by-Step Recipe Guide
A thrilling, ole time classic cocktail, the Long Island Iced Tea is a vibrant and flavorful cocktail. Our unique variation of the Long Island Iced Tea is a combination of Ketel One Vodka, Don Julio Blanco Tequila, Captain Morgan's Original Spiced Rum, and Tanqueray Dry Gin, this cocktail offers a medley of flavours that are sure to excite the palate, creating a refreshing and spirited drink. The Long Island Iced Tea cocktail is to be indulged due to its energetic and playful nature. Whether enjoyed as a social sipper or a celebratory sipper, we can promise this cocktail will deliver a memorable and enjoyable tea time experience. Cheers!
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Long Island Iced Tea Cocktail Recipe - Liquor.com
On paper, the Long Island Iced Tea is one hot mess of a drink. Four different—and disparate—spirits slugging it out in a single glass, along with triple sec, lemon juice and cola? The recipe reads more like a frat house hazing than one of the world’s most popular cocktails. And yet, somehow, it works.
That’s because the Long Island Iced Tea succeeds where so many of today’s refined cocktails fall short: It’s boozy AF—more than four ounces of alcohol against less than half that amount in mixers. Unless you’re a sailor on shore leave, that’s a red-flag ratio rife with morning-after consequences. It’s also precisely what a person needs every now and then.
Best then not to intellectualize the Long Island Iced Tea and simply love it for what it is: an easy-gulping, one-and-done stiffy. If you’re looking to tame your tea a bit, pull back the boozy parts from three-quarter ounce to half-ounce, and lean in on the cola. The good people of Long Island won’t be offended.
¾ oz Gin
¾ oz White rum
¾ oz Silver tequila
¾ oz Vodka
¾ oz Triple sec
¾ oz Simple syrup
¾ oz Fresh lemon juice
Cola, to top
Garnish: Lemon wedge
Glass: Collins
Add all the ingredients except the cola into a Collins glass with ice.
Top with a splash of the cola and stir briefly.
Garnish with a lemon wedge.
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Easy Long Island Iced Tea | Patrón Tequila
Make an easy Long Island Iced Tea at home with only a few ingredients! Enjoy this American classic made with Patrón Tequila. Check out more cocktail recipes at home:
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Patrón Long Iceland Iced Tea:
* 1/2 oz Citrónge Orange Liqueur
* 1/2 oz Grey Goose Vodka
* 1/2 oz Patrón Reposado
* 1/2 oz Bacardi Gold
* 1 1/2 oz Sour Mix
* Top with Cola
Garnish with a lemon wedge
Fresh Sour Mix:
* 3/4 oz lemon juice
* 3/4 oz simple syrup
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