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posted: 04/16/21

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The Long Island Iced Tea combines just about every alcohol in your liquor cabinet, but in the most magical way. You are left with a cocktail that is delicious, refershing, and a little dangerous.

a high ball glass filled with ice and Long Island iced tea

If it has been decades since you’ve had a Long Island Iced Tea, go ahead and let yourself feel like a college student again. This cocktail recipe is so easy to make, and is absolutely refreshing and delicious.

In fact, this recipe is so good, Nathan said to me, “There are so many types of alcohol in there I don’t like, and I love this.”

Long Island Iced Tea Ingredients

What’s in a Long Island Iced Tea? Everything. You really need to just grab your whole liquor cabinet for this one.

  • Tequila
  • Vodka
  • White Rum
  • Triple Sec
  • Gin
  • Simple Syrup
  • Lemon Juice
  • Coca-Cola

Simple Syrup

Simple Syrup is essential for any home bar. With just two ingredients, it is so easy to make and with my instructions, you can make it in so many different flavors!
Photo of a spoon over a jar of Simple Syrup recipe. Lime wedges, cocktail jigger, and bottles of cointreau, gin, and bitters beside jar.
pouring mixed alcohol into a high ball glass filled with ice

How to Make a Long Island Iced Tea

This is a brief overview of how to make this delicious recipe. For the full recipe with all of the measurements, see the recipe card at the bottom of the post.

  1. Combine all of the liquor with the simple syrup and the lemon juice in a highball glass filled with ice.
  2. Fill the remainder of the glass with a splash of cola.
  3. Give everything a good stir, and garnish with a lemon wedge.

Orange Liqueur

Most of the time, I suggest using Cointreau when a recipe calls for Triple Sec. It is higher quality and higher alcohol content than Triple Sec. It is what we use in our Margarita Recipe.

In this case, there is so much flavor and plenty of alcohol. I think it is fine to go with the more budget friendly Triple Sec.

pouring coke into a high ball glass filled with ice and mixed alcohol

Variations

If you replace the coke and the triple sec with other ingredients, you can get some great spins on this classic cocktail.

  • Tokyo Iced Tea: Take out the triple sec and replace it with Midori, then switch the coke out for lemon lime soda.
  • Long Beach Iced Tea: Instead of coke use cranberry juice.
  • Purple Rain: Replace the triple sec with Chambord and the coke with lemon lime soda.
  • Texas Tea: Add in an ounce of bourbon.
  • Walk Me Down: Switch the triple sec out with Blue Curacao and the coke with lemon lime soda.

Other Classic Cocktails

If you want more classic cocktails to make at home, here are some of our favorites:

If you like this Long Island Iced Tea recipe, leave me a comment and let me know what you think!

a high ball glass filled with ice and Long Island iced tea
4.75 from 4 votes

Long Island Iced Tea

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Prep: 5 minutes
Total: 5 minutes
The Long Island Iced Tea combines just about every alcohol in your liquor cabinet, but in the most magical way. You are left with a cocktail that is delicious, refershing, and a little dangerous.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 ounce tequila
  • 1/2 ounce vodka
  • 1/2 ounce white rum
  • 1/2 ounce triple sec
  • 1/2 ounce gin
  • 1 ounce simple syrup
  • 1 ounce lemon juice
  • coke

Instructions

  • In a high ball glass filled with ice, combine the tequila, vodka, rum, triple sec, gin, simple syrup, and lemon juice.
  • Top with coke, and stir to combine. Garnish with a lemon wedge and enjoy.
Author: Lisa Longley
Course: Drinks
Cuisine: American
a high ball glass filled with ice and Long Island iced tea

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  1. Suzan Norquist says

    5 stars
    I am very anxious to try this recipe, we should have all the ingredients in our bar. But, we’ve been looking for a similar recipe that we used to get at a local 50s diner (T-Bird Diner) that closed many years ago and thought maybe you can help us out? It’s called a Tuna Fish Daiquiri, sounds way worse than it is, LOL. It’s very similar to a Long Island Iced Tea, but it’s only white ingredients, including lemon lime soda, then you add Blue Curacao and float a gummy shark on top, hence the “tuna fish”. Have you heard of this? I’ve been following you for a while now and I’ve made quite a few of your recipes, some multiple times, I’ve just never commented before. Thanks! And I look forward to more yummy recipes.

    • Lisa Longley says

      Suzan, I’m so happy to hear from you! So, this sounds like the Walk Me Down that I have listed in the Variations in this post! Check it out!

  2. Deanna says

    We don’t drink alcoholic beverages but I do use Guinness and hard cider to cook with, plus a couple of other things in other recipes – but this looks and sounds just yummy! Too bad we both take meds that have our doctors saying, “No alcohol”. Love your recipes, Lisa!

    Deanna

    • Lisa Longley says

      Thanks Deanna!

  3. WAYNE WINKLER says

    5 stars
    Lisa, Thank you for posting cocktail recipes. l have been having Happy Hour Fridays since Covid started and still going strong! l have tried many of you suggestions over the past 2 years. l have also enjoyed many of your food recipes . . . Keep Up the Great Work!

    Wayne

    • Lisa Longley says

      I’m so glad to hear this!

  4. Cecile Vadon says

    4 stars
    How much coke goes into a Long Island Iced Tea? Thanks!

    • Lisa Longley says

      Hi Cecile! You are looking to add about a tablespoon. It’s really just a splash.

  5. Raquel Lopez says

    Hi my name is Raquel Lopez. I was wondering if you had a Quiesh pie recipe that you could post. I’m not so sure if my spelling is correct. I ate one with spinach and bacon and cheese it was so delicious ❤️💯

  6. Teddie says

    Thank you for the recipe. What about a larger batch?

    • Lisa Longley says

      I’m sorry, for this recipe, I only have the single serve measurements.

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