Editing Long Island iced tea

{{short description|Mixed drink with vodka, gin, tequila, and rum}}
{{Distinguish|Long Island Iced Tea Corp}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2014}}
{{infobox cocktail
| iba         = yes
| name        = Long Island Iced Tea
| sourcelink  = long-island-ice-tea
| image       = Long Island Iced Teas.jpg
| caption     = The Long Island iced tea was named for its visual resemblance to non-alcoholic [[iced tea]].
| type        = cocktail
| flaming     = no
| vodka       = yes
| tequila     = yes
| rum         = yes
| gin         = yes
| served      = rocks
| garnish     = lemon slice (optional)
| drinkware   = highball
| ingredients = 
* 15&nbsp;ml [[Tequila]] 
* 15&nbsp;ml [[Vodka]]
* 15&nbsp;ml [[Light rum|White rum]]
* 15&nbsp;ml [[Cointreau]]
* 15&nbsp;ml [[Gin]]
* 30&nbsp;ml [[Lemon juice]]
* 20&nbsp;ml [[simple syrup]]
* Top with [[Cola]]
| prep        = Add all ingredients into highball glass filled with ice. Stir gently. Optionally garnish with lemon slice.<ref name="iba">{{cite web |url=https://iba-world.com/long-island-iced-tea/ |title=Long Island Iced Tea |date=April 29, 2021 |publisher=International Bartenders Association |access-date=2021-10-10 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
| notes       =
| footnotes   =
}}
The '''Long Island iced tea''', or '''Long Island ice tea''', is an [[IBA official cocktail]], typically made with [[vodka]], [[tequila]], [[light rum]], [[triple sec]], [[gin]], and a splash of [[cola]]. Despite its name, the cocktail does not typically contain [[iced tea]], but is named for having the same amber hue as iced tea.<ref name="iba" /> 

The drink has a much higher [[Ethanol|alcohol]] [[concentration]] (approximately 22 percent)<ref name="Strong">{{Cite web|last=Strong|first=Rebecca|title=How to make a Long Island iced tea and all its variations|url=https://www.insider.com/long-island-iced-tea|access-date=2022-01-01|website=Insider|language=en-US}}</ref> than most [[highball]] drinks due to the relatively small amount of [[Drink mixer|mixer]].

==Origin==
There are two competing origin stories for the Long Island iced tea, one from [[Long Island (Tennessee)|Long Island, Tennessee]], and one from [[Long Island, New York]].<ref name="OSBORNE"/>

Robert "Rosebud" Butt claims to have invented the Long Island iced tea as an entry in a contest to create a new mixed drink with triple sec in 1972 while he worked at the [[Oak Beach Inn]] on Long Island, New York.<ref name="Strong" /><ref name="liicetea">{{Cite web |last=Robert Butt |title=The Official Website of the Original Long Island Iced Tea |url=http://www.liicetea.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104004648/http://www.liicetea.com/ |archive-date=2016-11-04 |access-date=2017-05-03 |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="huffingtonpost">{{Cite web |last=Thomson |first=Julie R. |date=2017-08-02 |title=You Can Thank A Guy Named Bob Butt For The Long Island Iced Tea |website=[[HuffPost]] |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/long-island-iced-tea_us_59808912e4b0d6e28a109ae8 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804193245/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/long-island-iced-tea_us_59808912e4b0d6e28a109ae8 |archive-date=2017-08-04 |access-date=2017-08-03 |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="youtube">{{Cite web |title=Long Island Iced Tea |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRwCjlfyNGQ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706235229/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRwCjlfyNGQ |archive-date=2017-07-06 |access-date=2017-05-03 |website=INVENTORS |publisher=PBS Digital Studios, InventorSeries |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

A slightly different drink is claimed to have been invented in the 1920s during [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]] by an "Old Man Bishop" in a local community named Long Island in [[Kingsport, Tennessee]].<ref name="OSBORNE" /><ref name="Moore">{{Cite book |last=Moore |first=J. S. |title=Understanding Apples |date=2006-10-13 |publisher=Outskirts Press |isbn=1598007467 |page=48}}</ref> The drink was then tweaked by Ransom Bishop, Old Man Bishop's son, by adding cola, lemon, and lime. Old Man's version included [[whiskey]], [[maple syrup]], varied quantities of the five liquors, and no triple sec, rather than the modern one with cola and five equal portions of the five liquors. It was prepared in the following way:<ref name="OSBORNE">{{cite news|author=Osborne|first=J. H.|date=May 13, 2018|title=Kingsport reclaims status as Long Island Iced Tea birthplace|work=AP|url=https://apnews.com/23380ac1494548dab2979e90a714ac10/Kingsport-reclaims-status-as-Long-Island-Iced-Tea-birthplace}}</ref>

* Squeeze {{frac|1|2}} a fresh lemon and {{frac|1|2}} a fresh lime into a {{cvt|16|USoz}} glass
* Add {{cvt|1/2|USoz}} rum, {{frac|1|2}} oz. gin, {{frac|1|2}} oz tequila, {{cvt|1|USoz}} vodka, 1 oz. whiskey, and {{frac|1|2}} oz. maple syrup
* Mix, then add {{cvt|4|USoz}} of cola

It is unknown what the quantities of the original recipe were, when and how it was changed, and how and why the varied alcoholic ingredients were distilled all in the same place or otherwise acquired during Prohibition.

While some sources say there was a recipe for Long Island iced tea in the 1961 edition of ''Betty Crocker's New Picture Cook Book'',<ref name="Strong"/> no such recipe can actually be found there.<ref>{{cite book|title=Betty Crocker's New Picture Cook Book|url=https://archive.org/details/bettycrockersn00croc|publisher=McGraw-Hill|year=1961|author=Betty Crocker}}</ref>

== Reception ==
The cocktail is considered a favorite of university students in the United States and it has thus garnered negative connotations as "an act of mixological atrocity favored by college students and wastrels", in the words of one food critic.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wija|first=Tantri|date=2019-08-21|title=The randomly alcoholic Long Island Iced Tea might get a bad rap, but high-end mixologists can raise the bar considerably|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/the-randomly-alcoholic-long-island-iced-tea-might-get-a-bad-rap-but-high-end-mixologists-can-raise-the-bar-considerably/|access-date=2022-01-01|website=The Seattle Times|language=en-US}}</ref>

The variety of spirits needed to prepare the drink means that one can prepare many other types of cocktails if they have the ingredients for a Long Island already.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Teclemariam|first=Tammie|title=Ask Tammie: What is a Good Party Cocktail?|url=https://www.gawker.com/culture/ask-tammie-what-is-a-good-party-cocktail|access-date=2022-01-01|website=Gawker|date=December 10, 2021|language=en|archive-date=January 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101165714/https://www.gawker.com/culture/ask-tammie-what-is-a-good-party-cocktail|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The cocktail's flavor has been described as "bright and refreshing".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Kim|first=Eric|title=Long Island Iced Tea Recipe|url=https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1022391-long-island-iced-tea|access-date=2022-01-01|website=NYT Cooking|language=en-US}}</ref> It is easy to drink,<ref name="Strong"/> making it "dangerously [[wikt:boozy|boozy]]".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hinds|first=Alice|title=Saturday Kitchen's Olly Smith on his favourite festive cocktails|url=https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/best-christmas-cocktails/|access-date=2022-01-01|website=The Sunday Post|date=December 29, 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Recipes and variations{{anchor|Variations}} ==
The [[International Bartenders Association|International Bartenders Association (IBA)]]'s recipe calls for equal parts vodka, tequila, white rum, cointreau, gin, 2 parts lemon juice, {{Fraction|1|1|3}} syrup topped with cola. After [[Bar spoon|stirring gently]], the drink may also be garnished with a [[lemon]] slice.<ref name="iba" /> Robert Butt's recipe uses [[sour mix]] instead of lemon juice and simple syrup, and he has stated that only a small amount of Coke is used, to give color.<ref name="liicetea" /><ref name="huffingtonpost" /> A more complex recipe published by ''[[The New York Times]]'' differs from the IBA recipe in that it uses [[maple syrup]] instead of simple syrup, uses both lemon and lime juice, and adds salt.<ref name=":0" /> 

[[File:Adios Motherfucker Cocktail.jpg|thumb|right|Adios Motherfucker, made with blue curaçao]]
However, there are many similar cocktails due to the popularity of the cocktail and the large number of ingredients that can be substituted with alternatives.<ref name="Strong" /><ref name="huffingtonpost" /> Some variations include:

* '''Boston Tea Party''',<ref name="Strong" /> also called a '''Walk Me Down''' or an '''Adios Motherfucker''',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cocktail-society.com/recipes/adios-motherfucker-cocktail/|title=Adios Motherfucker Cocktail (AMF) Recipe|website=cocktail-society.com|date=October 7, 2022 }}</ref> is a variation of the Long Island iced tea with [[Curaçao (liqueur)|blue curaçao]] substituting for the triple sec, and with lemon-lime soda substituting for the cola.<ref name="Strong" />
* '''Grateful Dead''' (also known as the '''Black Widow'''), which uses the same mix as a Long Island but the triple sec is replaced with raspberry liqueur and the cola with lemon-lime soda.<ref name="Strong" />
* '''Hawaiian iced tea''' is made by replacing the cola with [[pineapple juice]].<ref name="Strong" />
* If [[cranberry juice]] is substituted for cola, the result is a '''Long Beach iced tea'''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Long Island Iced Tea|url=https://www.tablespoon.com/recipes/long-island-iced-tea/aca5dbcf-c1be-4228-9413-4f7483808ada|access-date=July 23, 2019|website=Tablespoon.com}}</ref>
* If [[Midori (liqueur)|Midori]] is substituted in for the triple sec and lemon-lime soda replaces the Coca-Cola the result is a '''Tokyo iced tea''', and has a greenish color.<ref name="Strong" />
* '''Tennessee tea''' replaces the gin with [[Tennessee whiskey]] and does not use tequila.<ref name="Strong" />
* '''Texas tea''' is created by adding [[Whisky|whiskey]].<ref name="Strong" />

==References==
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