Long Island Ice Tea
The Long Island Ice Tea – Certainly packs a punch … Vodka, light rum, tequila, gin, Cointreau, lemon juice and coke
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The Long Island Ice Tea – Certainly packs a punch … Vodka, light rum, tequila, gin, Cointreau, lemon juice and coke
There are two competing origin stories for the Long Island iced tea, one from Long Island, Tennessee and one from Long Island, New York.
Robert Butt claims to have invented the Long Island iced tea as an entry in a contest to create a new mixed drink with triple sec in 1972 while he worked at the Oak Beach Inn on Long Island, New York.
A slightly different drink is claimed to have been invented in the 1920s during Prohibition in the United States by an Old Man Bishop in a local community named Long Island in Kingsport, Tennessee. The drink was then tweaked by Ransom Bishop, Old Man Bishop’s son, by adding cola, lemon, and lime. Old Man’s version included whiskey, maple syrup, varied quantities of the five liquors, and no triple sec, rather than the modern
Fill High Ball glass with ice add all spirits and juice Top up with Coke Serving: Garnish with lemon wedge serve with napkin and straw.
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