Long Island Iced Tea

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An unusual blend of vodka, gin, tequila, rum and orange liqueur with cola, the Long Island Iced Tea flavours of vanilla and lightly tannic wood make it taste a little like tea, but in fact they come from a mix of quality aged spirits.
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About this recipe

The Long Island Iced Tea is a classic cooler that peaked in popularity during the 1980s. Because of the name, some date this cocktail back to the Prohibition era, when flavour wasn’t so much the crucial element in a drink as its appearance. Then spirits were commonly disguised, unconvincingly, as iced tea, and often served in teapots and teacups. One story credits the Long Island Iced Tea to a bootlegger named Old Man Bishop from Kingsport, Tennessee, during the 1920s, but if he did create a drink of that name, it must have been a very different blend. Another variation attributes the Long Island Iced Tea's creation to drinkers trying out cola with different spirits. Most, however, accept that Robert ‘Rosebud’ Butt, then bartender at the Oak Beach Inn on Long Island, New York, invented the Long Island Iced Tea around 1972 as part of a cocktail competition designed to use the orange liqueur known as triple sec. By the early 1980s, the Long Island Iced Tea had spread a long way from its homeland. It would go on to spawn a multitude of variations – notably the New England Iced Tea, with cranberry in place of cola, and the tequila-led Texas Iced Tea. The art of a good Long Island Iced Tea is simple. Opt for premium spirits, like Smirnoff No. 21 and Gordon's London Dry Gin, use plenty of ice and citrus, and never, ever overdo the cola. Bob Butt's preferred recipe contains only a splash, and it is this that makes the drink taste like iced tea rather than cola.

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17.5ml.
Captain Morgan Original Spiced Gold
17.5ml.
Smirnoff No. 21® Vodka
17.5ml.
Gordon's® London Dry Gin
17.5ml.
Don Julio® Blanco Tequila
17.5ml.
Orange Liqueur
17.5ml.
Sugar Syrup
17.5ml.
Lemon Juice
17.5ml.
Lime Juice
1top(s)
Cola
1slice(s)
Lemon
➤ 3.0 units of alcohol per serve
Long Island Iced Tea

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Equipment

1 x
Tall glass
1 x
Strainer
1 x
Jigger
1 x
Knife
1 x
Chopping Board

How to make

Fill a shaker with ice.

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice cubes.
Add Captain Morgan Original Spiced Gold, Smirnoff No. 21 Vodka, Gordon's London Dry Gin, orange liqueur, Don Julio Blanco Tequila, sugar syrup, lemon juice and lime juice to the shaker.

Using a jigger, measure 17.5ml Captain Morgan Spiced, 17.5ml Smirnoff No.21 Vodka, 17.5ml Gordon's London Dry Gin, 17.5ml orange liqueur, 17.5ml Don Julio Blanco Tequila, 17.5ml sugar syrup, 15ml lemon juice and 17.5ml lime juice into a shaker.
Shake until cold.

Shake the mixture vigorously until the surface of the cocktail shaker feels chilled.
Strain into a glass filled with ice.

Use a cocktail strainer to strain the liquid into a Highball glass filled with cubes of ice.
Top up with cola.

Pour cola into the drink to fill to the top of the glass.
Garnish with a lemon slice.

Cut a slice of lemon with a sharp knife on a chopping board and place in the drink to garnish.

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Captain Morgan® Original Spiced Gold

Captain Morgan Original Spiced Gold is inspired by the Caribbean's beauty and abundant nature, with a delicious smooth-bodied and subtly spicy flavour.

Long Island Iced Tea

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