Best Long Island Ice Tea Cocktail Drink Recipe 

Yes this drink will sneak up on you. Long story short I went out one night years ago before I knew what a long island ice tea was. I left the bar early after slugging down 5 or 6 of these things. The mile walk back to my buddies house(two blocks from my own) wasn't that bad. When I sat on his sofa they all hit me at once, weird delay reaction. I got up quick to walk the last two blocks home and I could swear my legs were walking out in front of me by the way I felt. I made it home just in time.

I drank this once, and I never finished the drink, actually I took like 3 good sips and I got drunk, IM not lying either, my head was spinning and I could feel it. Its super powerful, and my weapon of choice when im out trying to get drunk.

potent drink, I have to drink this if I want to get out there and dance like hell!

I like mine with Amerreto instead of tripple sec, we call it southern tea or texas tea in my bar

haha "dont drink and drive after this one" this guy is my hero

You won the game!

Hmmm I'm a poor college student looking to make this drink...will it matter if i don't use top shelf idems and any ideas and what specific brands to use?

Good advice. Always drink responsibly

Hi, I have a question about Triple Sec, would it be okay to replace Triple Sec with Cointreau for this mix?

Oh men! Love long Island iced tea..

lol the amf is great also very close though no different aside for many people do not use tequila i do though.. and as for mixers sweet and sour and the blue curaco instead of the coke on top...awesome drink and it will do the damage you cannot make that drink weak by no means

PERRRFECT. Finally.. Long island.. my favorite

I'm currently in Bartending school and I thought Island Island iced teas are suppose to be shaken or does it not matter?

looks like fun thanks

that looks nice.ive never had one.

isnt a 4 count a half Oz?? anyways nice upload what school do you go to? I attend Dayton bartending school and im doin my speedround today. If i pass i graduate!!! wish me luck!!

Good luck dude. You'll enjoy being a bartender. It's a great job.

Holy crap! I've always tried this one with much more cola! About a half of the glass or like this. Is this ok?

If I remember and growing up on Long Island in the 70s some sugar was added too! Back then 2 Mugs Full for $10 and you were gone bye bye for the night!! But then who really remembers the 70s lol!!

that looks so good

When I make my Long Islands' I mix them well before I add the coke... you gotta shake it very well... also sour mix should be a lil bit more than he put in

Cointreau is actually the standard Triple Sec used in most bars of a certain standart so to answer your question -> Cointreau will do the job perfectly =)

have any non alcoholic drink recipies?

you get the same taste if you use 1 vodka?

It can be prepared either way. Some bartenders prefer to layer the ingredients.

@MegaDeathwarrant A long Island shouldn't be shaken in this case becouse he doesn't use any Juice in it. If he would have used a limejuice instead of the mixer he could have shaken it. When you shake a drink you make it more cloudy (and also it will be colder), therefore you often only shake a drink with Juice, since juice is cloudy anyway. If no juice is applied, and the drink is not shaken = the drink will not be cloudy, which tends to be a better looking way.

this is one those "knock your head off" drinks.

Lovely video. A lovely drink aswell :)

great drink

only three days ive been drinking since da 18 (my b-day) and i drink most nites but in moderation

Great lessons, shame I'm In Australia or i might pay the company to send me! However not so sure about people using this "sweet and sour" stuff, shouldn't it be lemon juice? Keep up the good work!

Is it all really half ounce?

can we used fresh lemon juice instead of sweet and sour mix.

Good advice

"Don't drink and drive after this one"... what advice! Probably better not to drink and drive at all, I would have thought.

It does taste like ice tea, you should try it. A rather strong drink.

Had two of these last night. =D

Some good advice is better than none when it comes to drinking and driving. Thanks for your comments.

Love it!

@BenReeves88 I never heard that before, but most drinks inventions have several different stories.

It doesn't matter which you use as the dash of cola is just for colouring to make it look more like tea.

cool story bro.

@iLikechevelle It would give a anise taste.

can i use BEEFEATER GIN or GILBEY'S GIN , which one is the best for this drink????

my friend tired this once and the next day the cops caught him trying to hump a bus. it was his first time. that bus was never the same again.

@jmali1 Speedround?

@Boxerfanjoe Most people don' understand that the individuals characteristics of liquors are muted when mixed with different flavors. The stronger flavors over power the lesser ones.

Thanks for watching the video. Make a video and show me how it should be done.

Love this drink.

What would happen if you added Absinthe

@lazlon1 Hell yes! That's what I was saying. I thought maybe the first one was an accident but he continued to do it for all of them. I thought it was funny, his comment at 2:50, "real powerful.... don't drink and drive after this one." I was like, "especially that one!" This guy showed the prime example of how not to measure the alcohol. He would have been better off free-pouring it. Most bars will fire you for pouring like he did.

shouldn't it be ice tea instead of coke?

@MegaDeathwarrant Right, then it's all foamy. Is your regular iced tea foamy? No, it isn't.

Go for it dude

You're right

@MegaDeathwarrant Thanks for your comments. Send your video and show me how to do.

LOL!!!wooow!

I need to find a corn syrup free sweet and sour mix.

given these statistics, i've a pretty high alcohol tolerance. most i've ever had (without throwing up) was 1 fifth of tattoo, 6 jagerbombs, 4 cups of soco n cranberry juice, and a half of fifth of jack daniels. i know..this isn't to healthy, but i'm trying to make a point. just because i can drink more doesn't mean i have thicker blood. thicker blood actually means you may have Thrombocytosis...which is an increase in platelets. there are many causes of blood thickening. not alcohol tolerance

wow!!!!!!!!!!!

Omg I whant one :D

It won't be the same, but it's your drink. Make it the way you like it.

@msskool No, it should be coke

he used too much sour mix and not enough cola. He also didn't stir it to mix everything together and give it the iced tea look.

Now that's my idea of a Long Island Iced Tea. I just watched some other videos using 1/4 oz each liquor and I swear to God it looked like this guy poured in an entire can of Pepsi?! The drink was almost black.

how did you know?

Thanks for your comments. There isn't any whiskey in the LIT.

@jquigley92 half oz is 12,5mil.

2:52 "really powerful, so don't drink and drive after this one..." but, it's ok to drink and drive after a 12-pack. just don't drink and drive after a long island ice tea.

If you're in the bar business, 95% use a pre mixed sweet and sour.

@msskool no this drink was created during prohibition to look like you were just drinking an iced tea

I got a fishbowl of Long Island on my 21st last year...I almost died haha

This is one of the only drinks I can tolerate, along with Mojito's and Jagerbombs.

@jtiano not ment to taste like tea, just look like tea.

Lemon juice is more sour but you can use it.

this is my favorite drink and my bf cant even handle it! LOL... lightweight XD

He started off by saying he was gonna use all clear liquors (which is correct) but then used a dark tequila instead of 'white' or 'silver' tequila.

best drink ever...[: along with AMF

i think that u must put tequila white not yellow.

Imagine if the bartender fully drank each drink after he made it!

Or something from Twin Peaks

wait, can i leave out the tequila?

all our clear liquors....yet he uses gold tequila

umm ur definitely supposed to shake that up and long island type drink only get lemon for garnish

it is.

alcohol tolerance has nothing to do with the thickness of blood. it has to do with weight, gender, how much you drink when you do so, how often you drink, and for how long you've been drinking so regularly. take me for example. i'm a 235 lb male. when i drink, i drink as much as i can...most of the time almost puking. (i know...not healthy..i'm slowing it down). i drink every thursday, friday, and saturday nights (i'm a college student). and i've been doing this for about 6 months.

jeeeeezz fastest way to get wasted :)

u have use tequila gold,,u must 2 use silver because that drink is invented inregion long island when the alcohol was interzis!

na, zombie is weak compared to this. but apparently i found out that the long island is only the third drink powerful in th world. the most powerful drink is the aunt roberta. has anyone heard about it? if there is a vid please tell.

"when i say liqueur, i refer to a sweet liqueur??"

not for the faint of heart

yeay drink and stay alive instead of drink and drive :)

@alliancewithdeath It's not 30 mls, that's one ounce. A half ounce is 15 mls. If you have 30 mls of each liquour in a Long Island you'll be plastered in no time. This guy always uses a lot of ice in his drinks. I personally use a lot more cola in my Long Island Ice Teas that I make at work.

@sjjdiienno1 tastes incredible

use fresh lemon juice !!!

@anurek123, I can't tell if you're joking or not! XD

4 long islands, 1 vegas bomb, 4 coronas and 1 shot of patron... the result... no driver front wheel on my car...yes this happened last friday :( so when he means. "Don't drink and drive after this one." He is right....

i drank 2 last night

however the real Long Island Ice Tea is with vodka...not tequilla...it's even a rule of IBA that says clearly that whiskey/whisky,gin and tequilla can't stay together!!!

I like em with more cola, not so sour!