Long Island Iced Tea

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Variations of this drink include:. Akademiks (an intentional misspelling of "academics") is an American brand of urban clothing popular with devotees of hip hop music. Long Island Iced Tea served outside the States are often made of liquors and cola alone(without sour mix). This American cocktail is however altered in other countries, due to the minimal use of sour mix. Because of strict liquor laws in Utah, the cocktail must be served in five shot glasses with the soda, sour and ice in a separate glass, or a single glass with a single shot of alcohol with the 'flavors' of the other liquors.

The drink has a much higher alcohol concentration (~28%) than most cocktails because of the small amount of mixer. However, stronger evidence suggests that the Long Island Iced Tea was in fact invented in the 1970s by Robert "Rosebud" Butt, a bartender at the Oak Beach Inn (OBI) nightclub in Oak Beach on Long Island. This has led to its frequent use in fiction as a method to get a teetotaler drunk. The drink also shares a similar taste to tea.

Some claim that the drink, like most cocktails, was invented during the Prohibition era, as a way of taking the appearance of a non-alcoholic drink (iced tea). Close variants often replace the sour mix with sweet and sour mix or with lemon juice, and the cola with actual iced tea. A popular variation mixes equal parts vodka, gin, rum, tequilla and triple sec with 1 1/2 parts sour mix with a splash of Coca-Cola, Pepsi, or a similar soda. A Long Island Iced Tea is a cocktail made with, among other ingredients, vodka, gin, tequilla and rum.

Texas Tea - a Long Island Iced Tea with the addition of Burbon/. Long Beach Iced Tea - made with Cranberry Juice instead of sours mix, without Coke. Electric Iced Tea. Walk Me Down- Made with Blue Curacao instead of Coke and mixed with ice in a blender, giving an almost margarita impression.

California Iced Tea - made with Lemonade and Blue Curacao instead of Coke. Beverly Hills Iced Tea - made with Champagne instead of Coke. Baptist Redemption - a Long Island Iced Tea without Coke. Alaskan Iced Tea.

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