Coppa Cocktails Ready-to-Drink Long Island Iced Tea | Easy Premium Pre-Mixed | Just Add Ice | 10% ABV | 70cl

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This is the classic way to make a Long Island iced tea and it’s definitely quite strong. Even if you measure everything exactly vs being a bit generous, you’ll still end up with 2 1/2 ounces of liquor in your drink. That’s the equivalent of a few beers. If you want a drink that’s not quite as strong, I suggest adding double or triple the amount of sweet and sour mix and Coca Cola. Variations

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A Blue Long Island is great for sipping in summer or warm weather, but it works anytime. Try it as a: The best cheap liquor for Long Island is Barton’s White Rum. It offers decent quality without breaking the bank.

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Use Cointreau, not Triple Sec. Cointreau is an orange liqueur manufactured in France that has an orange perfume flavor. It’s more sophisticated than your average Triple Sec. We promise: this LIIT is nothing like the sweet and artificial flavor you might be used to. This is a classy Long Island Iced Tea recipe: full of bright citrus flavor. Here’s how to make it the best way:

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Use good liquor. Sure, you can use low quality booze if it’s all you have. But the better the liquor, the better the drink! But why settle for just one? We suggest trying all Long Island Iced Teas on this list to enjoy flavor variations. A Blue Long Island Iced Tea, aka Blue Long Island for short, swaps out the orange liqueur for blue curacao. Blue curacao is a type of orange liqueur with a bright blue color, made on the island of Curacao. This recipe also swaps cola for ginger ale, which is lighter in color. For this recipe, you’ll need:

Summertime is an ideal time to serve the Long Island Iced Tea, because its taste is reminiscent of iced tea even though there’s no tea in it at all.