The Long Island Iced Tea is THE ultimate refreshing summer cocktail. A heady cocktail made with tequila, rum, vodka, gin, triple sec and topped with a splash of cola. Learn how to make the classic Long Island drink plus a couple of fun variations.
Prep Time5 minutesmins
Cook Time0 minutesmins
Course: Cocktail
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Long Beach Iced Tea, Long Island Drink, Long Island Iced Tea
Add all the ingredients apart from the Cola into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Alternatively simply pour all the ingredients into a tall glass filled with plenty of ice.
Shake and strain into a tall glass filled with ice and top with the coke.
Add a couple of lime slices and a straw to serve.
Long Island Iced Tea - Pitcher
Add all the ingredients apart from the coke into a pitcher and chill.
Add ice to the pitcher just before serving and give everything a good stir.
Divide into 8 (or more) glasses filled with ice and top with cold soda.
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Long Island Iced Tea Variations
Long Beach Tea: Replace the cola with cranberry juice – very refreshing and eye catching with a beautiful pink colour.Hawaian Iced Tea: Replace the cola with pineapple juice. Texas Tea: Add another spirit into the mix - bourbon! Needless to say this IS stronger than the original.Hipster Iced Tea: This is what my husband and I call our version which replaces some of the spirits with more trendy equivalents. A mix of Pisco, Mescal, Grand Marnier, Gold Rum and whatever else is lurking in the back of our drinks cabinet ;)
Slimming World Syns
Calculating the SYNS in a Long Island Iced Tea is a bit complex. A 25ml shot of each of the spirits is around 3 syns while Orange Liqueur is 4. One serving contains 75ml of alcohol which works out as 8-9 syns if you top up with Diet Coke. Use only one teaspoon of each of the spirits to bring the Syns down to 4.––––––
Please note I am not affiliated in any way with Slimming World. Syn values are based on the Slimming World online calculator.
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Nutritional information is always approximate, and will depend on quality of ingredients and serving sizes.