Long Island Iced Tea :P
18:39 Aug 03 2008
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A Long Island Iced Tea is a highball made with, among other ingredients, vodka, gin, tequila, and rum. A popular version mixes equal parts vodka, gin, tequila, rum and triple sec with 1 1/2 parts sour mix and 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.
It 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.
Variations
The increasing popularity of the Long Island has spawned its own family of highballs. The following drinks remain popular in their own right in numerous locales throughout the United States, while owing their existence to the success of the original Long Island:
Long Assens Iced Tea: Long Island with Jägermeister instead of triple sec. Invented by TBFTI of Aalborg, Denmark.
Pappa Bare's Iced Tea: Long Island with Honey Liqueur instead of Gomme Syrup and no Coke; uses strong top shelf liquor and is 60 to 80 proof.
Long Beach Iced Tea: Simply a Long Island with cranberry juice instead of Coca-Cola. Named after Long Beach Island, New Jersey, a barrier island and shore resort located close to New Jersey's cranberry bogs.
Adios Motherfucker: The Blue Drink. Also known as an "AMF", as well as "Electric Iced Tea" and "Alaska Iced Tea" and "water hazard iced tea" due to its azure hue; known as "James Tea Kirk" at Quark’s Bar & Restaurant within the Star Trek: The Experience attraction at the Las Vegas Hilton. It is prepared with Gin, Rum, Vodka, Blue Curaçao in place of triple sec, sour mix and Sprite instead of Coca-Cola. The drink originated at the Studio Cafe in Newport Beach, California.[2] The name comes from a line in the movie Maximum Overdrive, in which Emilio Estevez exclaims, "Adios, motherfucker!" as he bids farewell to the Green Goblin truck.
Tokyo Tea: A favorite of the West Coast of the United States, this libation uses the same liquors as the original Long Island, but is crowned with one-half to one full ounce of Midori instead of Coca-Cola. Also referred to as a "Three Mile Island."
California Iced Tea: Calls for Amaretto in place of tequila and triple sec and topped with equal parts cranberry and pineapple juices.
Long Island Vacation: Calls for Pineapple Juice in place of the dash of cola.
Hawaiian Iced Tea: Shuns tequila and triple sec in favor of a full ounce of Chambord, and is topped with Sprite instead of Coca-Cola. This is similar to a Purple Rain
Miami Iced Tea: Reflecting the tropical setting of its name, this fruitier tea shuns triple sec and tequila in favor of Midori and peach schnapps, and is topped with orange juice instead of Coca-Cola.
Caribbean Iced Tea: True to its name, this recipe utilizes a full ounce of dark Jamaican rum, usually Myer's, in place of tequila and vodka.
Texas Iced Tea: Depending on who you ask, this either substitutes brandy for gin or, alternatively keeps the gin and adds vodka, bourbon whiskey, and sweet and sour mix.
Georgia Iced Tea: This drink calls for peach schnapps in place of Coca-Cola.
The Hamptons Iced Tea: is a highball made with Cointreau, gin, rum, tequila, vodka, lemon juice and sour mix. It is similar to the Long Island Iced Tea and is named for The Hamptons, a set of towns and villages in New York.
Margit Island Iced Tea: This Hungarian variation adds a good home-made plum palinka to the mix, with healthy portions of Palinka, gin, vodka, tequila, rum, triple sec , plenty of ice, a little coke and some crushed lemon and lime.
Roadhouse Iced Tea: Instead of vodka, whole grain alcohol, or Everclear, is used.
Pilsen Iced Tea: Japanese Sake in a place of vodka and Sprite instead of cola.
Grateful Dead Popular variation served at Bullwinkle's in Tallahassee, Fl. Traditional Long Island Iced Tea with Razzmatazz Schnapps mixed in.
Long Island Sloe Tea Variation that substitutes sloe gin for the gin and triple sec to reduce the number of ingredients needed.
Wrong Island Iced Tea (or the Beverly Hills Iced Tea) In this variation Coca-Cola is replaced with champagne or sparkling wine.
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