Having only been invented 45 years ago, the Long Island ice tea is one of the youngest, widely-known cocktails. Made with vodka, rum, tequila and gin, it’s perfect for sipping on slowly on a hot summers day.
Ingredients (makes a jug of 4 cocktails)
- 50ml vanilla vodka
- 50ml dry gin
- 50ml tequila
- 50ml rum
- 50ml triple sec
- 75ml fresh lime juice
- 500ml cola
- 2 limes, cut into wedges
Method
- Pour the vodka, gin, tequila, rum and triple sec into a 1.5L jug then stir in the lime juice.
- Half fill the jug with ice, then stir with a long-handled spoon until the outside of the jug feels cold.
- Add the cola, then stir again and drop in the limes wedges.
- Fill 4 glasses with some more ice and pour in the tea.
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