Long Island Iced Tea
The Long Island Iced Tea is an IBA Contemporary Classic: 8 ingredients, built in the glass and served in a highball. That makes 265 ml in the glass, soda included: a long drink.
MethodBuilt in the glass
GlassHighball
In the glass265 ml
Strength11.5%
Ingredients
- 15 mlvodka
- 15 mltequila
- 15 mlwhite rum
- 15 mlgin
- 15 mlCointreau
- 25 mlfresh lemon juice
- 30 mlsimple syrup
- top upcola
Method
- Add all ingredients into highball glass filled with ice.
- Stir gently.
Garnish: Garnish with lemon slice (Optional).
What it tastes like
- bitter → sweet
- Sweetness shows without covering: it comes from cola, with 0.6 out of 10 of bitterness holding it back.
- round → sour
- Citrus shows, but this is no sour: 60th of 186, and it comes from cola.
- light → strong
- Just 11.5% in the glass: lighter than 59% of the catalogue, and the volume has as much to do with it as the recipe.
It is the longest of its group: 265 ml against the 229 of its nearest neighbour.
Five that come close
- Porn Star MartiniWith vanilla vodka in place of cola and shorter by 36 ml.
- Tequila SunriseBuilt on tequila and with fresh orange juice in place of cola.
- Amaretto SourWith amaretto in place of cola and shorter by 130 ml.
- Sex on the BeachWith fresh orange juice in place of cola and shorter by 103 ml.
- Old CubanBuilt on vino and with champagne in place of cola.
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Recipe source: IBA · checked on 30 October 2026