This is a classic mixed drink that should be in everyone's drink repertoire. An easy way to remember how to make a Long Island is to think of a small shot of 5 white spirits (gin, tequila, light rum, vodka, triple sec), shot of sour mix, fill with cola. It's really easy if you break it down, but it is also just as easy to drink too many. The 1970's credit for this potent and alluring concoction could go to Robert Bott, a bartender from Long Island, or to Charles Bishop, a 1930's moonshiner in (then dry) Tennessee. Or was it T.G.I. Friday's?
The LIIT has also inspired many variations which are below the recipe.
Prep Time: 3 minutes
Total Time: 3 minutes
Yield: 1 Cocktail
Ingredients:
- 1/2 oz triple sec
- 1/2 oz light rum
- 1/2 oz gin
- 1/2 oz vodka
- 1/2 oz tequila
- 1 oz sour mix
- cola
- lemon wedge for garnish
Preparation:
- Pour the spirits and sour mix into a collins glass with ice.
- Stir well or shake.
- Top the glass off with cola.
- Garnish with the lemon wedge.
Variations of the LIIT:
- Long Beach Iced Tea – cranberry juice
- Miami Iced Tea – cranberry juice, lemon-lime soda, peach schnapps for tequila
- Electric Iced Tea – blue curacao and lemon lime soda
- Hawaiian Iced Tea – pineapple juice
- Raspberry Long Island Iced Tea – raspberry vodka and rum (possible with any infused spirits)
- Texas Tea – add bourbon
- Touchdown Tea – Gatorade for sour mix
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