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!

The REAL Long Island Iced Tea

vodka

½ fluid ounce tequila

cola,

lemon

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.


I will gladly verify that this is the original PROPER recipe for long island iced tea.

As a bartender, I would add that instead of one fluid ounce of sweet and sour, fill your glass 2/3 of the way, then add a splash of Coke. Otherwise the ratio is off and it will be too strong.

When I read the ingredients after reading the hook line, "The REAL Long Island Ice Tea", this brought back memories of how my grandmother made this as my wedding punch about 40 years ago.  Everyone talked about this slamming drink and wondered what were the ingredients.  Yes this is the REAL thing!  My grandmother wouldn't tell me the recipe except in excerpts; I finally got the recipe out of her over the years!
I say enjoy but be careful because the smoothness can cause you to forget there is alcohol until you go to move of your seat.  LOL!

Excellent recipe! I did a couple of things differently: 1. I abhor store bought sour mix, so I used simple syrup and lime juice; 2. I used Orange Caracao in place of Triple Sec. It turned out wonderfully and I've been using this recipe's ratios for years.

I did not know that tequila was in a "real" Long Island. I made a couple of these for me & my husband while we prepped for thanksgiving dinner. If we were to have had more than one we would not have finished. It was really tasty!

This IS the Original and Famous LIIT recipe!  You got it so right Sledge!  and guess where I am from Long Island, NY!  The only thing I do differently is put it all in the Tom Collins glass and then roll it into a shaker and back in the Tom Collins glass and then garnish with lemon!

I was a bartender in the 80's and this is how I made LIT and I had a 3 limit I would severe per- person but I worked in a restaurant bar I'm from Arkansas I was having a hard time with all of the other peoples LIT's Thanks For Sharing The Real LIT!!!!

Learn how to make this refreshing, delicious cocktail!

the real long island iced tea

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Total: 10 minutes

Servings: 1

Cost: $83.79 /serving

Author : Sledge

Ingredients

Instructions

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