Long Island Iced Tea (3 Ways)

did you know that the long island iced tea is illegal in some states if you want to know why it's so dangerous don't go anywhere hey everyone i'm shea today i'm going to teach you how to make a long island iced tea how to make it at home how the pros make it and how we like to make it here at mixology flared but first let's talk about the ingredients this right here at the bartender's knees is typically called the well that consists of vodka rum gin tequila triple sec juices and sodas in a long island iced tea you use them all so kind of they say that you're putting everything but the kitchen sink in this cocktail and that's what makes it so dangerous in some states it's actually illegal to put more than four liquors or more than two ounces in one specific cocktail this is how you're going to make one at home start with a mixing glass and you're going to put a half hour the small side of any [ __ ] of each ingredient into this cocktail let's start with your vodka rum gin [Music] tequila triple sec now let's talk about the juices that you want to put in this cocktail you want to do a sour mix that's fresh squeezed lemon juice and simple syrup it's a 50 50 sugar and water mix start with your fresh squeezed lemon juice and half ounce of simple syrup now if all you have at home is refrigerator ice that's fine fill your glass with ice [Music] top it with a tin to help you shake it make sure that's really sealed tight and give it a good hard shake for about 20 seconds you can even do it one hand if you want to after a minute you're really going to build up those biceps [Music] this cocktail goes in a tall glass so grab a tall glass like this if all you have is a pint glass that's fine fill the ice all the way to the top filling your glass all the way with ice is going to eliminate extra dilution and you don't want extra dilution you have a lot of dilution with the ice that you just shook [Music] the tea look that you always see is topped with coca-cola you don't want to fill it all the way to the top about a finger or two from the top is fine put that off to the side now let's talk about the garnish garnish is a lemon just like an iced tea you want to do a lemon wedge or a lemon wheel cut the ends of the lemon off those are quite ugly cut the lemon in half now here's a bartender hack for the garnish to sit right on the edge you want to put a little slice right down the middle cut this half in half and then into quarters and you'll have perfect wedges see okay now you'll see let's just sit right there on the edge of the glass grab a straw preferably paper or glass like a surf side sip straw like i got right here cocktail napkin here's a little flare trick serve it to your guest or enjoy yourself yep that's dangerous all right the pro version all right your pro version is slightly more complicated most really good bartenders will choose top shelf liquor for this long island iced tea mixing glass same as before half ounce of each spirit half ounce vodka half ounce rum half ounce gin half ounce tequila but instead of a standard triple set we're going to switch this out to a top shelf triple sec like cointreau triple sec is just an orange liqueur and this one is much better still three quarter ounce of fresh squeezed or cold pressed like this rta cold pressed juice three quarter ounce [Music] and half ounce of your simple syrup fill your glass with ice [Music] get your shaker tin give it a good hard shake now this is where it gets fun let's talk about the ice for a second if you haven't seen our ice video go check it out it's right up here your refrigerator ice is cloudy but when you go to a bar or a speakeasy i'm sure you've seen extremely clear crystal clear ice cubes like this one that's fun [Music] most pro bartenders would go with the old school mexican coke you're still going to want to use a lemon garnish but let's do a wheel this time you're going to want to cut two slices one for decoration [Music] and one for a garnish right on the side straw [Music] all right so the mixology flared version is pretty much the same as the pro version we just like to have a little fun with it you're still going to start with your pint glass to put all your ingredients in but the little bit of flair that i'm going to show you right now is how most club bartenders would make this cocktail you're going to do it all basically at the same time your gin and your tequila and you're gonna do half ounces together free pour without the [ __ ] your cointreau i'll still use the [ __ ] for this because i don't have a pour spout lemon juice simple syrup fill your glass with ice still give it a good good hard shake hey guys if you like what you see make sure to hit the subscribe button double bump that bell so you're notified every time we're making a new cocktail on this channel [Music] we're gonna grab a mixing glass a couple ice cubes and then we're going to pour [Music] mexican coke [Music] pour right on top lemon wedge and a surf side sips straw that's your mixology flared long island iced tea guys i hope you enjoy come back and see us again bars closed

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Id: 21AlDpSrdtw

Length: 6min 43sec (403 seconds)

Published: Wed Feb 16 2022