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Long Island Iced Tea

Name: Long Island Iced Tea
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 15 ml Vodka; 15 ml Blanco tequila; 15 ml White rum; 15 ml Gin; 15 ml Cointreau; 25 ml Fresh lemon juice; 30 ml Simple syrup (1:1); 30 ml Cola — selected amount; 1 piece Lemon wheel

Long Island Iced Tea with five spirits, lemon, syrup and cola. Build in a glass and check alcohol amounts; this version assumes 30 ml cola.

Approx. preparation: 5 min
Glass: Highball glass
Method: Build in the glass

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Ingredients

Servings

Measures

Current recipe: 1 serving · US fl oz · Original recipe

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Amounts are for the selected number of servings. Prepare each serving separately; add sparkling ingredients just before serving.

Ice

Fill the vessel with ice cubes; the amount depends on its size.
Melting ice dilutes the drink and is not included in measured ingredient volume.

What you need

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How to make it

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Fill a large highball with ice cubes.
Measure in all five spirits, lemon juice and syrup.
Add the measured chilled cola and stir gently. Do not use a shaker.
Optionally garnish with lemon. Leave room for ice without overfilling.

Small details, better drinks

IBA says to top with cola; 30 ml is our explicit editorial assumption.
Extra cola changes volume and ABV, but not the alcohol from the measured spirits.
There is no tea in this recipe; the name refers to its appearance.