How to mix a cocktail "Long Island"

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

Alcoholic drinks were outlawed, butNew York bartenders found a way out of the situation - they made a mixture, which, by the way, is very strong in percentage of alcohol, and disguised it under a normal glass of cold black tea. After all, the present, the full name of the cocktail - "Long Island Ice Tea" (Long Island Ice Tea) and is translated from English: "Long Island, ice tea." Served in a tall glass filled to the top with ice, this mix of a large variety of alcohol is added to Coca-Cola so that you really do not think it's a beverage outlawed.

How to mix cocktail

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

- 30ml. white rum, best of all Baccardi;
- 30ml. gin;
- 30 ml. good vodka;
- 30ml. tequila;
- 30 ml. liquor Triple Sec (Triple Sec) or Cointreau (Cointreau);
- 60 ml. lime or lemon, it is better to take freshly squeezed;
- 30ml. conventional sugar syrup;
- Coca-Cola (or soda water, sprite, Pepsi and other soda);
- lemon slice for decoration.

Mix all the components of the cocktail, exceptCoke, in a shaker, and pour into the biggest cocktail glass filled with ice. Top up with a carbonated drink of your choice and stir well with a stick. In the end, you can attach a piece of lemon to the edge of the glass. Be careful in the use of the mix of "Long Island", 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 follow a diet, it will be useful to know that the energy value of the portion is about 300 kcal. However, it can be slightly reduced by adding instead of the usual "Coca-Cola Light" and boiling sugar syrup using sugar replacers. By the way, the very first cocktail recipe had whiskey and maple syrup, liqueurs appeared already in later, later versions. But, nevertheless, it's the above-mentioned cooking method that the American Barmen Association regards as classic and standard.

A variation of the Long Island cocktail recipe with a lower alcohol content

To make the drink even more delicious and withfruit notes, you can slightly diversify its composition and prepare a so-called radioactive version of a cocktail of 30 ml. any raspberry liquor (you can take "Chambord" - Chambord), 30 ml. melon liquor, usually take "Midori", 30ml. coconut liquor "Malibu", 30ml. "Cointreau" or liquor "Triple Sec", 30ml. 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. A slice of lemon on the side of the glass will be decorated with "Long Island", a photo of which you can see on the left. Attention, the strength of the contents is 31 degrees, and although it is slightly less than in the classical version because of 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.

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