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electric iced tea (cocktail)

Northwestgal avatar
Recipe by
Vickie Parks
@Northwestgal
Renton, WA

Similar to a Long Island Iced Tea, except no tequila. One version of the history of this drink is that in the 1950s, several women at a posh Long Island country club would meet in the bar after their tennis lessons. Since the bar wasn't yet opened to lunch customers, they'd slip behind the counter and add a little bit of the various liquors to their glasses. Their concoction looked a lot like iced tea, so they were able to enjoy their "iced tea" without raising suspicions. I'll leave it up to everyone to decide if that's the true history. I prefer to believe it, even if just for a few giggles.

yield 1 cocktail
prep time 5 Min
method No-Cook or Other

Ingredients For electric iced tea (cocktail)

  • 1/2 oz
    vodka
  • 1/2 oz
    gin
  • 1/2 oz
    light rum
  • 1/4 oz
    triple sec or cointreau
  • 3 oz
    prepared sweet-and-sour mix
  • 4 oz
    coca-cola soda
  • ice cubes
  • 1 slice
    lime or lemon, for garnish (optional)

How To Make electric iced tea (cocktail)

  • 1
    Fill a highball glass with ice.
  • 2
    Add vodka, gin, rum, Triple Sec or Cointreau and the sweet and sour mix, in that order.
  • 3
    Add enough cola to almost reach the top of the glass.
  • 4
    Garnish with a slice of lime or lemon.
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