Long Island Iced Tea

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Template:Wikibookschapter A Long Island Iced Tea is a cocktail made with, among other ingredients, vodka, gin, tequila and rum. A popular variation mixes equal parts vodka, gin, rum, tequila and triple sec with 1 1/2 parts sour mix with a splash of cola such as Coca-Cola or Pepsi. Close variants often replace the sour mix with sweet and sour mix or with lemon juice, and the cola with actual iced tea.

Some claim that the drink, like most cocktails, was invented during the Prohibition era, as a way of taking the appearance of a non-alcoholic drink (iced tea). The drink also shares a similar taste to tea. This has led to its frequent use in fiction as a method to get a teetotaler drunk.

However, stronger evidence suggests that the Long Island Iced Tea was in fact invented in the late 1970s by Chris Bendicksen, a bartender at the Oak Beach Inn , North (OBI, North) nightclub in Smithtown on Long Island. Other places also try to take credit as well, including Finnegan's Bar in Huntington.

The drink has a much higher alcohol concentration (~28%) than most cocktails because of the small amount of mixer. Because of strict liquor laws in Utah, the cocktail must be served in five shot glasses with the soda, sour and ice in a separate glass, or a single glass with a single shot of alcohol with the 'flavors' of the other liquors.

This American cocktail is however altered in other countries, due to the minimal use of sour mix. Long Island Iced Tea served outside the States are often made of liquors and cola alone(without sour mix).

Variations of this drink include:

Adios Motherfucker
Alaskan Iced Tea
Baptist Redemption - a Long Island Iced Tea without Coke.
Beverly Hills Iced Tea - made with Champagne instead of Coke.
California Iced Tea - made with Lemonade and Blue Curaçao instead of Coke.
Walk Me Down- Made with Blue Curaçao instead of Coke and mixed with ice in a blender, giving an almost margarita impression.
Electric Iced Tea
Long Beach Iced Tea - made with Cranberry Juice instead of sours mix, without Coke.
Texas Tea - a Long Island Iced Tea with the addition of Bourbon

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Popular culture

Marge Simpson, in an episode of The Simpsons, once quipped, "I'd like to visit that Long Island place, if only it were real." after having several servings of a Long Island Iced Tea. Also, in The Simpsons Hit and Run, if the player runs around for too long while playing as Marge, she exclaims "I need a Long Island Iced tea!"

In the movie Cruel Intentions, the innocent girl Cecile Caldwell is drinking what she thinks is regular iced tea, and says: "This doesn't taste like iced tea". The quick reply she gets is: "It's from Long Island".

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