How to mix a Long Island cocktail

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"Long Island" - the famous American cocktail, whose history goes back to the days of Prohibition, which was adopted in the United States in the 20s of the last century.

Alcoholic drinks were outlawed, but New York bartenders found a way out of this situation - they made a mixture, which, by the way, is very strong in terms of alcohol percentage, and disguised it as an ordinary glass of cold black tea. After all, the real, full name of the cocktail - "Long Island Ice Tea" (Long Island Ice Tea) is translated from English: "Long Island, iced tea." Served in a tall glass filled to the top with ice, this mix of a wide variety of spirits is topped with Coke in such a way that you really don't think it's an outlawed drink.

How to mix a cocktail properly

To feel like a hero of films about the Great Depression and the American dream, you will need the following ingredients for "LongIsland":

- 30ml. white rum, preferably Bacardi;

- 30ml. gin;

- 30 ml. good vodka;

- 30ml. tequila;

- 30 ml. liqueur Triple Sec (Triple Sec) or Cointreau (Cointreau);

- 60 ml. lime or lemon, freshly squeezed is better;

- 30ml. regular sugar syrup;

- Coca-Cola (or soda water, Sprite, Pepsi and other soda);- lemon wedge for decoration.

Mix all cocktail ingredients except Coca-Cola in a shaker and pour into the largest cocktail glass filled with ice. Top with carbonated drink of your choice and stir well with a stick. Finally, a slice of lemon can be attached to the edge of the glass. Be careful when using the Long Island mix, because, despite its sweet and sour taste and sufficient ease in the process of drinking, it contains a shock dose of alcohol. For those who are on a diet, it will be useful to know that the energy value of a serving is about 300 kcal, however, it can be slightly reduced if you add instead of the usual Coca-Cola Light and cook sugar syrup using sweeteners. By the way, the very first cocktail recipe included whiskey and maple syrup, liqueurs appeared in subsequent, later versions. But, nevertheless, it is the above cooking method that the American Bartenders Association considers classic and reference.

Long Island cocktail recipe with lower alcohol content

Toto make the drink even more tasty and with fruity notes, you can slightly diversify its composition and prepare the so-called radioactive version of a cocktail from 30 ml. any raspberry liqueur (you can take "Chambord" - Chambord), 30 ml. melon liqueur, usually take "Midori", 30 ml. coconut liqueur "Malibu", 30 ml. "Cointreau" or "Triple Sec" liqueur, 30 ml. gin, 30 ml. rum, 30 ml. vodka and the same amount of tequila. Mix all the ingredients in a shaker, pour into a tall glass filled with ice, and top up with Coca-Cola. And a slice of lemon on the side of the glass will decorate "Long Island", a photo of which you can see on the left. Attention, the strength of the content is 31 degrees, and although it is slightly less than in the classic version due to the higher content of liqueurs, the drink should still be consumed in reasonable quantities. Using these recipes, you can fully experience the taste and mysterious atmosphere of America during the Great Depression.