Name: Tokyo Iced Tea
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 15 ml Rum - Light white (charcoal-filtered) 1-3 year old; 15 ml Gin; 15 ml Vodka; 15 ml Tequila reposado; 15 ml Triple sec (e.g. Cointreau); 15 ml Green melon liqueur; 30 ml Lime juice (freshly squeezed); 50 ml Lemon-lime soda (Sprite/7-Up) (chilled)

Serve in a

Sling glass

Garnish:

Lemon slice wheel

How to make:

SHAKE first 7 ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass. TOP with lemon-lime soda (or lemonade), lightly stir and serve with a straw.

1/2 fl oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
1/2 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1/2 fl oz	Ketel One Vodka
1/2 fl oz	Patrón Reposado tequila
1/2 fl oz	Triple sec liqueur (40% alc./vol.)
1/2 fl oz	Green melon liqueur
1 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1 2/3 fl oz	Lemon-lime soda (Sprite/7-Up) (chilled)
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Hayman's London Dry Gin, 70cl

£ 24.75 £ 0.53 per cocktail, makes 46.5 Ketel One Vodka, 70cl

£ 25.95 £ 0.56 per cocktail, makes 46.5 Patrón Reposado tequila, 70cl

£ 55.25 £ 1.19 per cocktail, makes 46.5 Combier Triple Sec, 70cl

£ 31.95 £ 0.69 per cocktail, makes 46.5 Midori Melon Liqueur, 70cl

£ 20.95 £ 0.45 per cocktail, makes 46.5

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Review:

You will be surprised how the half shot of melon liqueur shows through the many other ingredients.

Variant:

Adios, Motherfucker (AKA Alaskan Iced Tea - with blue curaçao in place of green melon liqueur.

History:

When, where and who added green melon liqueur to a Long Island Iced Tea to create the Tokyo Iced Tea is unknown. Who would want to own up to doing such a thing?

It's a cocktail I identify with TGI Fridays during the mid-1990s when the chain was known for the professionalism of its bartenders and consequently was very influential. The Tokyo Iced Tea doesn't appear in any of the cocktail books I have from the 1980s, indeed its first appearance in print is credited to Paul Knorr's 2007 10,000 Drinks: 27 Years' Worth of Cocktails.

Nutrition:

One serving of Tokyo Iced Tea contains 203 calories.

Alcohol content:

2.1 standard drinks
17.16% alc./vol. (34.32° proof)
29.2 grams of pure alcohol

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