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How To Make The Long Island Iced Tea Cocktail - Building A Drink: Your Ultimate Guide to Mixed Drink and Cocktail Recipes

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Long Island Iced Tea
INGREDIENTS
  • ¾ oz white rum
  • ¾ oz gin
  • ¾ oz vodka
  • ¾ oz tequila
  • ¾ oz Cointreau or triple sec
  • 1 oz fresh lime juice
  • ¾ oz fresh orange juice
  • 2 to 3 oz chilled cola
  • Garnish: Lemon wedge

INSTRUCTIONS
Pour all the liquid ingredients except the cola into an ice-filled collins glass. Top with cola and stir gently. Squeeze the lemon wedge over the drink, and drop it in.

VARIATIONS: For a Miami Iced Tea, substitute blue curaçao for the Cointreau (or triple sec).

For a New England Iced Tea, add 1 oz simple syrup and substitute cranberry juice for the cola.

VIDEO HOW-TO
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NOTES
Some purists claim you should never mix vodka and gin together, but this potent classic defies many taboos, and indeed tastes dangerously like iced tea.
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