Best Blue Long Island Ice Tea Recipes
LONG ISLAND ICED TEA
Steps:
- Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Pour the vodka, gin, rum, tequila, Triple Sec, and lemon juice into the shaker. Cover and shake vigorously to combine and chill. Pour the mixture, ice and all, into 2 glasses or beer mugs and top off with the cola. Garnish with lemon wedges. Serve.
BLUE LONG ISLAND ICED TEA
This lighter, fruitier version of a Long Island Iced Tea is an eye-catching adaptation of its notorious counterpart, swapping blue Curaçao in for triple sec for a pop of color. Blue Curaçao is a dry orange liqueur that doesn't taste any different from its orange-hued counterpart. Curaçao was created when the Dutch West India Trading Company took over the island of Curaçao in the 19th century, according to historian Albert Frederic Benjamin. The island was covered in native laraha oranges and bitter Seville oranges that Spanish explorers had planted during the Columbian Exchange. Bols claims to have been the first to create Curaçao liqueur, but it is more than likely it was the first to make blue Curaçao, adding blue coloring and selling the product as créme de ciel, or "cream of the sky." The Blue Long Island Iced Tea is a great cocktail to showcase such a unique but misconstrued ingredient, as it holds its own against the powerhouse flavors of vodka, rum, tequila, and gin. This variation also steers away from the original recipe by using a lighter soda instead of Coca-Cola to heighten its blue tone. Some recipes go with ginger ale or energy drinks, but this version opts for a lemon-lime soda.
Provided by Julia Larson
Categories Cocktail
Time 5m
Yield 1
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Add all the ingredients except for the soda to a shaker with ice and shake.
- Strain into a Collins or highball glass with fresh ice.
- Add a splash of soda, and garnish with lemon wedge and cocktail cherry.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 273 calories
BLUE ISLAND ICE TEA
This Long Island will knock you down!
Provided by ELWHAITE
Categories Drinks Recipes Cocktail Recipes Vodka Drinks Recipes
Time 5m
Yield 1
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Fill a highball glass with ice cubes. Pour in the rum, tequila, gin, blue curacao, vodka, sour mix, and cola. Do not stir, allow the liquors to remain layered! Garnish with a lime wedge to serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 141.9 calories, Carbohydrate 9.6 g, Cholesterol 0 mg, Fat 0 g, Fiber 0.1 g, Protein 0 g, SaturatedFat 0 g, Sodium 8.3 mg, Sugar 8.7 g
THE REAL LONG ISLAND ICED TEA
There are a few impostors out there that claim to be Long Island Iced Teas. In actuality, there is only one correct way to make a LIIT... and this is it!
Provided by Sledge
Categories Drinks Recipes Cocktail Recipes Vodka Drinks Recipes
Time 10m
Yield 1
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Pour vodka, rum, gin, tequila, triple sec, and sour mix over ice; cover and shake. Pour cocktail into a Collins or hurricane glass; top with splash of cola for color. Garnish with a lemon slice.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 262 calories, Carbohydrate 23.3 g, Fat 0.1 g, Fiber 0.6 g, Protein 0.2 g, Sodium 3.3 mg, Sugar 21.3 g
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