electric iced tea (cocktail)

19 Pinches
Renton, WA
Updated on Jul 16, 2014

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.

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

Ingredients

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

How To Make electric iced tea (cocktail)

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

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