Long Island Iced Tea

Name: Long Island Iced Tea
Ingredients: ½ oz vodka; ½ oz gin; ½ oz silver rum; ½ oz tequila; ½ oz Cointreau; ½ oz simple syrup; ¾ oz lemon juice; 1–2 oz Coca-Cola — to top; Lemon wedge

highball · vodka · gin · rum · tequila

There is no tea in this. Everything but the Coke goes in at a half ounce, which is what keeps it a legitimate sour rather than a dare, and the lemon is doing more work than any of the spirits. Nobody has ever ordered one of these quietly.

Ingredients

Where there's a range: the low end is lighter, the high end is fuller.

½ ozvodka
½ ozgin
½ ozsilver rum
½ oztequila
½ ozCointreau
½ ozsimple syrup
¾ ozlemon juice
1–2 ozCoca-Cola — to top

Garnish

Lemon wedge

Method

Add all ingredients except the Coke to a shaker with ice, and shake for 6-8 seconds. Pour into a tall glass or pint glass, top with ice and the Coke, mix it all together with a straw, and garnish with a lemon wedge.