Top 5 Long Island Iced Tea Cocktails - Easy Cocktails
Summary
TLDRIn this episode of The Educated Barfly, the host demonstrates how to make a classic Long Island Iced Tea and four popular variations: the AMF, Long Beach Iced Tea, Tokyo Tea, and Texas Tea. While explaining the cocktail's origins, the host debunks the myth that Long Island Iced Tea is overly alcoholic. The video features step-by-step instructions for each drink, with detailed ingredient breakdowns and tips on balancing flavors. The host also discusses different liqueurs and garnishes, ending with a teaser for future episodes featuring more variations.
Takeaways
- 🍹 The Long Island Iced Tea was created by Robert 'Rosebud' Butt in 1972 at Oak Beach Inn, Long Island.
- 🤔 Despite having four different spirits, the cocktail is not necessarily more alcoholic than a normal cocktail when made responsibly.
- 📏 The standard recipe includes equal parts of gin, vodka, light rum, and tequila, with Cointreau as a substitute for triple sec.
- 🍋 The cocktail starts with a lemon sour base of lemon juice and simple syrup.
- 🧊 It is traditionally served in a 12-ounce highball glass with a responsible pour of spirits.
- 💧 Cointreau is preferred over Curaçao because it is drier and less sweet, complementing the simple syrup and lemon juice.
- 🥤 The drink is given an 'iced tea' appearance by floating a small amount of cola on top.
- 🌐 The AMF (Adios Mother F***er) variation replaces Cointreau with blue Curaçao for a blue tint.
- 🍓 The Long Beach Iced Tea variation substitutes cranberry juice for cola.
- 🍈 The Tokyo Tea variation uses Midori, a melon-flavored liqueur, in place of Cointreau.
- 🥃 The Texas Tea variation replaces Cointreau with bourbon, giving it a different flavor profile.
Q & A
Who is credited with creating the Long Island Iced Tea?
-Robert 'Rosebud' is credited with creating the Long Island Iced Tea at the Oak Beach Inn bar in Long Island in 1972.
Why do people often think the Long Island Iced Tea is very alcoholic?
-People often think the Long Island Iced Tea is very alcoholic because it contains four different spirits. However, when made responsibly, with half an ounce of each spirit, it doesn't contain much more alcohol than a normal cocktail.
What is the significance of using Cointreau instead of Curaçao in the traditional recipe?
-Cointreau is used instead of Curaçao because it is a neutral grain spirit macerated with oranges, resulting in a drier and less sweet finish compared to Curaçao, which is brandy-based and would add more body and sweetness to the cocktail.
What is the purpose of adding Coke to the Long Island Iced Tea?
-Adding Coke to the Long Island Iced Tea is to give it the appearance of iced tea, as the color of Coke resembles that of tea.
What is the difference between the traditional Long Island Iced Tea and the Adios Motherf***** (AMF)?
-The difference between the traditional Long Island Iced Tea and the AMF is the addition of half an ounce of blue Curaçao in the AMF, which tints the drink blue.
What is the Long Beach Iced Tea and how is it different from the traditional recipe?
-The Long Beach Iced Tea replaces the Coke in the traditional recipe with cranberry juice, giving it a different flavor and color.
What is the Tokyo Tea and how does it vary from the original Long Island Iced Tea?
-The Tokyo Tea replaces Cointreau with Midori, a melon-flavored liqueur, giving the cocktail a green color and a unique melon flavor.
What is the Texas Tea and why is it named so?
-The Texas Tea replaces Cointreau with bourbon, hence the name. It is named Texas Tea because of the use of bourbon, which is associated with Texas, although the video suggests it could also be called a Kentucky tea due to the association of bourbon with Kentucky.
What is the significance of using Mexican Coke in the Long Island Iced Tea?
-Mexican Coke is used in the Long Island Iced Tea because it contains natural sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup, making it a 'healthier' version of Coke.
What are some other variations of the Long Island Iced Tea mentioned in the script?
-The script mentions at least five other variations of the Long Island Iced Tea, but they are not detailed in the provided transcript and may be discussed in another episode.
What is the recommended way to garnish the Tokyo Tea?
-The Tokyo Tea is garnished simply with a lemon wedge, which complements the drink's appearance without overpowering the unique green color.
Outlines
🍹 Introduction to Long Island Iced Tea and Its Variations
The script introduces a video about making the Long Island Iced Tea cocktail and its iconic variations. The narrator explains that despite the misconception that it's highly alcoholic due to the four spirits it contains, it's not necessarily stronger than a standard cocktail when made responsibly. The video will demonstrate four variations of the drink. The traditional Long Island Iced Tea recipe involves lemon juice, simple syrup, and equal parts of gin, vodka, light rum, tequila, and Cointreau. The narrator prefers using Cointreau over Triple Sec or Curaçao for its drier finish and less sweetness. The drink is served in a highball glass with a lemon garnish and topped with Mexican Coke for a healthier option.
🥃 Crafting the Adios Motherf***er (AMF) Variation
The second paragraph describes the process of making the Adios Motherf***er (AMF), a variation of the Long Island Iced Tea. The recipe includes lemon juice, simple syrup, and equal parts of gin, vodka, light rum, tequila, and blue Curaçao for its distinctive blue color. The drink is shaken with ice and strained into a glass filled with ice. It's then topped with lemon-lime soda and garnished with a lemon slice. The narrator mentions using Mexican Sprite for authenticity.
🍓 Creating the Long Beach Iced Tea
The third paragraph details the Long Beach Iced Tea, which swaps out the Coke in the traditional recipe for cranberry juice. The narrator uses a specific brand of cranberry juice but notes that Ocean Spray is commonly used. The cocktail is made with the same base of lemon juice and simple syrup, with equal parts of gin, vodka, rum, tequila, and Cointreau. It's shaken with ice, strained into a glass, and topped with cranberry juice. A lemon garnish is suggested for this variation.
🌿 Making the Tokyo Tea with Midori
The fourth paragraph introduces the Tokyo Tea, which substitutes Midori, a melon-flavored liqueur, for Cointreau. The narrator discusses the history and manufacturing of Midori and its vibrant green color. The cocktail is made with lemon juice, simple syrup, and equal parts of the four spirits, plus Midori. It's shaken with ice, strained into a glass, and topped with Sprite. The narrator opts for no garnish, appreciating the natural look of the drink.
🥃 The Texas Tea with a Bourbon Twist
The final paragraph of the script describes the Texas Tea, which replaces Cointreau with bourbon, specifically Evan Williams bonded bourbon. The narrator humorously questions why it's named 'Texas' instead of 'Kentucky' given the use of bourbon. The cocktail follows the same base recipe with the substitution of bourbon and is served over ice with a lemon wedge garnish. The video concludes with the narrator inviting viewers to like, subscribe, and check out exclusive content on Patreon.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Long Island Iced Tea
💡Robert 'Rosebud' Butt
💡Triple Sec
💡Cointreau
💡Proof
💡Shake
💡Garnish
💡Adios Motherf***** (AMF)
💡Long Beach Iced Tea
💡Tokyo Tea
💡Texas Tea
Highlights
Introduction to making a Long Island Iced Tea and its four iconic variations.
History of Long Island Iced Tea created by Robert Rosebud in 1972.
Misconception about the cocktail's alcohol content explained.
Recipe for traditional Long Island Iced Tea with equal parts of spirits.
Use of Cointreau over Curaçao for a drier finish.
Instructions for making the cocktail with a proper pour and presentation.
Cocktail shaking and serving technique discussed.
Garnish with a lemon flag for traditional Long Island Iced Tea.
Introduction to the first variation: Adios Motherf***er (AMF).
Recipe for AMF includes blue curacao for a blue tint.
Serving suggestion for AMF with lemon-lime soda.
Introduction to the Long Beach Iced Tea variation.
Recipe for Long Beach Iced Tea substitutes cranberry juice for cola.
Discussion on the choice of cranberry juice brands.
Introduction to the Tokyo Tea variation.
Use of Midori melon liqueur in place of Cointreau for Tokyo Tea.
Cultural and manufacturing background of Midori.
Introduction to the Texas Tea variation.
Recipe for Texas Tea includes bourbon instead of Cointreau.
Discussion on the naming of Texas Tea and its relation to bourbon.
Final thoughts on the Long Island Iced Tea variations and potential for more episodes.
Call to action for viewers to like, subscribe, and support on Patreon.
Transcripts
what's up guys welcome back to the
educated barfly today we're gonna be
making a long island I see and not only
that we're gonna be making four
different variations that are kind of
the most iconic variations on the long
island so the long island was created or
this guy named Robert rosebud but
claimed that he created the Long Island
iced tea at the Oak Beach Inn bar in
Long Island in 1972 I believe and
apparently it was a contest for a triple
adding triple sec to a cocktail and just
doing like a good triple sec cocktail
now there is a little bit of a
misconception about this cocktail
because a lot of people think it's super
alcoholic and the reason why they think
that is because there's four different
spirits in it now
barring any nightclubs that do very
unresponsible drink pouring there really
is not that much more alcohol in this
than a normal cocktail seeing as like if
you're pouring this drink responsibly
sorry I just like caught mice it was
like me and then I caught myself if
you're pouring this drink responsibly
you're only doing half an ounce of each
thing maybe 3/4 of an ounce some bars
like to charge 15 bucks for it and to
serve it in a pint glass and do 3/4 of
an ounce which times four is gonna add
up to three ounces I like to do half an
ounce serve it in the nice 12 ounce
highball glass and that's all I got for
you let's get into the cocktail so first
thing we're gonna do is we're just gonna
do our like traditional lemon sour by
adding 3/4 an ounce of lemon juice and
3/4 of an ounce of simple syrup to our
tin and then the rest of the cocktail is
pretty simple it's just equal parts of
everything so we're gonna do half an
ounce of gin half an ounce of vodka
half an ounce of light rum and half an
ounce of tequila now we are up in the
proof a little bit because I'm using 99
proof tequila which I really love this
is like one of my workhorse tequila's
and then we're gonna do half an ounce of
Cointreau now the reason why I'm using
Cointreau is because it is closer to
triple sec then let's say Carissa would
be so the difference is is that
Cointreau is a neutral grain spirit
that's been macerated with oranges so
you get like orange liqueur it's very
dry on the finish
not gonna add a lot of sugar whereas
something like curse ow
not only does he use a particular orange
but it also is a brandy based so it'd be
closed through to something like Grand
Marnier so we're gonna add half an ounce
here and it's better to do Cointreau or
triple sec for this because you're
adding simple syrup and lemon and if you
use to curse out it would make it a
little bit more embody it would be have
like more body but it would also be a
little sweeter whereas the Cointreau or
the triple sec is gonna be drier on the
finish and less sweet so we're just
gonna add some ice cubes into our kin I
mean into our glass and then we're gonna
add some ice cubes into the big fin and
yes I'm using my hands to do it we're
going to add the cocktail in and give it
a nice hard shake and then we are just
gonna add our drink into our glass put
this over and then to give it that iced
tea look we're gonna add a little bit of
coke on top im using Mexican coke here
just cuz it's got the natural sugar no
high fructose corn syrup so it's like
healthy coke and then I just made like a
little lemon flag for the garnish so
there it is my friends the Long Island
iced tea so for our first Long Island
variation we're gonna be doing the audio
some other [ __ ] also known as the AMF
I'm not gonna really give you a history
on all of these because I don't think a
lot of people know where the history is
but this is one of the most iconic
variations on a Long Island so first
thing we're gonna do is ah let's start
with our start with our cheap
ingredients first always cheap
ingredients first if you can help it
guys so 3/4 of an ounce of lemon juice
3/4 an ounce of simple syrup half an
ounce of gin
half an ounce of vodka half an ounce of
light rum half an ounce of tequila and
what makes it the adios half an ounce of
blue curacao which is basically just
curse al tinted blue with coloring
it's a nice in our Big Ten and our glass
[Applause]
at our cocktail give it a nice hard
shake I like to double strain the little
ice chips out you pour it over ice and
then top with lemon lime soda you can
use any lemon-lime soda you want
actually this is also very good if you
finally got bitter lemon today I'm doing
Mexican sprite just top that up and then
we're just gonna give it
little lemon and there it is the audio
some other [ __ ] or AMF so for our next
Long Island variation we making the Long
Beach iced tea essentially a Long Island
iced tea instead of coke we're putting
cranberry juice on top of it today I'm
using a little like shishi cranberry
juice from Whole Foods but I think
traditionally and then most bars are
going to make it with Ocean Spray
cranberry cocktail would just be a
little bit different but I like the the
shishi stuff so I'm gonna use that so
first thing we're gonna do three cores
an ounce of lemon juice 3/4 now it's a
simple syrup and there's our alum in
this our base and then we're gonna be
doing an equal part of everything 1/2 an
ounce so 1/2 an ounce gin half an ounce
vodka half an ounce of rum 1/2 an ounce
tequila half an ounce
Cointreau add our ice to our tin add
some ice to the glass give it a nice
hard shake Center our glass
double strain and then top up with
cranberry and then our little garnish
put a little flamingos on this one the
Long Beach iced tea so the very next
variation that we're gonna do is called
the Tokyo tea it is called Tokyo team
because we're using Midori in place of
Cointreau and so a little bit of Midori
those bottles kind of seen better days
I've had this bottle around for a while
Midori is a musky melon flavored liqueur
that was exclusively manufactured in
Japan until 1987 it is created by
Centauri of the company Centauri and it
is now manufactured in the United States
Mexico and Japan Midori is the Japanese
word for green and that's why it's
called green and it does have some
chemicals in it
that's how you get this nice ectoplasm
color I have tried for a very long time
to get cocktails like like myth I wanted
to make like a house-made melon liqueur
that had that same color and I tried
lots of various natural dyes and stuff
so that we couldn't use any chemicals
and I have failed thus far so I think
the best sub for Sidor and for Midori is
Midori alright so what we're gonna do
for our cocktail is 3/4 an ounce of
lemon juice 3/4 an ounce of simple syrup
then we're gonna be doing our usual out
half an ounce of everything so half an
ounce of gin half an ounce of vodka half
an ounce of rum and half an ounce of
tequila that makes up the main body of
our cocktail then we're gonna do half an
ounce of Midori
then we're gonna add our ice to the tin
try not to forget our glass put that
right there give it a shake
pour it that nice ectoplasm green color
and then top up with sprite now usually
you do like a little lemon garnish on
this and you can I thought it's just
nice the way that looks so I'm gonna
just leave this one garnish this there
it is the Tokyo tea so for our last Long
Island variation we're gonna be making a
drink called Texas tea I'm not sure
exactly why it's called Texas tea well
okay I know why it's called Texas tea
it's called Texas tea because we're
putting bourbon in place of Cointreau
and maybe they drink a lot of bourbon in
Texas that being said wouldn't that if
we were putting bourbon in there
wouldn't that make it a Kentucky tea I
don't know it is called a Texas tea I
think it should be a Kentucky tea I'll
leave it up to you guys to decide see me
in the cotton in the comments and tell
me what you think first thing we're
gonna do 3/4 an ounce of lemon juice you
guys should be old hands at this these
ratios you should have this memorized by
now
3/4 an ounce of simple syrup we're gonna
be doing half an ounce of gin half an
ounce vodka 1/2 an ounce light rum
half an ounce tequila as promised we're
gonna be doing what do you think that's
right half an ounce a bourbon I'm using
Evan Williams bonded bourbon which is
100 proof and four years old and just up
and you know up it up we're gonna up it
a little bit we're gonna up it up I said
let's make any sense but we're gonna
we're gonna up the proof a little bit
I'm gonna get this party started I'm
gonna add some ice into our glass add
some to our our chin give it a nice hard
shake add our cocktail and then top it
off with coke for this one I am just
going to do a traditional it's kind of
that's a very long I'm gonna cut that
off that traditional just lemon wedge
there it is
Texas tea so there you have it the Long
Island iced tea and it's most iconic
variations truth be told there are at
least another five variations on the
Long Island which I may reserve for
another episode but these ones are the
iconic Long Island iced tea and it's
most sought after variations until next
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