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The Long Island Iced Tea

The Long Island Iced Tea, the secret to making excellent ones is in the ingredients, fresh juice, and demerara syrup. Retro Cocktails at their best.

Ingredients

  • 1 oz. vodka
  • 1 oz. light rum
  • 1 oz. dry Gin
  • 1 oz. white Tequila
  • 1 oz. Triple Sec
  • 1 oz. fresh lemon juice
  • 1/2 oz. rich Demerara syrup 2:1, or any rich simple syrup

top with Coca-Cola

a lemon slice for garnish and a straw if desired

Instructions

  1. For this cocktail, you will need a highball or tall glass.
  2. Chill the glass in the fridge or fill with ice and let sit for a few minutes to get cold.
  3. Combine the vodka, rum, gin, tequila, triple sec, and lemon juice into a shaker.
  4. Fill the shaker with ice and seal.
  5. Shake for 10-20 seconds until the shaker is ice cold.
  6. Dump the ice from the glass if chilling and fill it with fresh ice.
  7. Double strain the cocktail into the highball glass, top with some Coca-Cola, and garnish with a lemon slice and a straw.

Recipe Notes

To make rich Demerara syrup, mix 1 cup of demerara sugar and ½ cup of water in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil and cook until the sugar crystals have completely dissolved. Let cool. Store the syrup in the fridge for up to 6 months. If you cannot find Demerara sugar, turbinado sugar is a great substitute.