Long Island Ice Tea: recipe

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The Long Island Ice Tea is one of the most famous long drinks worldwide. This is due on the one hand to its taste and on the other hand to the relatively easy preparation. With the original recipe, you can mix the drink together within a few minutes.

Recipe for the world famous Long Island Ice Tea
Recipe for the world famous Long Island Ice Tea

Ingredients:

  • 1.5 cl white rum
  • 1.5 cl gin
  • 1.5 cl white tequila
  • 1.5 cl Triple Sec Curaçao
  • 1.5 cl vodka
  • 6 - 8 cl cola
  • 2.5 cl lime juice
  • 3 cl cane sugar syrup
  • Ice cubes
  • shaker
  • Highball or long drink glass

The making of Long Island Ice Tea

The one known in Germany as Long Island Ice Tea Long drink is actually originally called Long Island Iced Tea.

  • This is because the long drink comes from the USA. There the iced tea is not referred to as "ice tea", but rather as "iced tea", ie as "iced tea" tea".
  • When, where and how it originated is not conclusively proven, so that there are several theories.
  • One theory assumes that the long drink was created during American prohibition, i.e. sometime between 1919 and 1932. Since it looks like an ordinary iced tea, you could secretly drink alcohol through it.
  • Another theory, however, assumes some kind of accident. This is how American students are supposed to be during a small party have secretly emptied their parents' alcohol supplies. So that this would not be noticed, the students each took a little of the different bottles and filled the rest with them cola on.
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  • The first appearance of the Long Island Ice Tea is documented no later than the mid / late 1970s. At that time there were a few bars in which the long drink was offered, so that an exact determination of the originator is not possible.

Original recipe for the long drink

The specialty of Long Island Ice Tea is that it can in principle be mixed according to personal taste, so there are countless recipe variations.

  1. In the original recipe, the long drink consists of white tequila, gin, vodka, white rum and Triple Sec Curaçao.
  2. These five strongly alcoholic beverages are poured into a shaker in equal parts (1.5 cl) a little more lime juice (2.5 cl) or, alternatively, lemon juice and a few ice cubes contains.
  3. After shaking, the drink is poured into a large highball or long drink glass and topped up with chilled cola.
  4. A lemon or lime slice is then placed on the glass for decoration.

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