Serve in a Sling glass
1⁄2 oz | Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old) |
1⁄2 oz | Hayman's London Dry Gin |
1⁄2 oz | Ketel One Vodka |
1⁄2 oz | Patrón Reposado tequila |
1⁄2 oz | Cointreau triple sec liqueur |
1⁄2 oz | Green melon liqueur |
1 oz | Lime juice (freshly squeezed) |
1 2⁄3 oz | Lemon-lime soda (Sprite/7-Up) chilled |
You will be surprised how the half shot of melon liqueur shows through the many other ingredients.
Adios, Motherfucker (AKA Alaskan Iced Tea - with blue curaçao in place of green melon liqueur.
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.
One serving of Tokyo Iced Tea contains 203 calories
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I do think the ingredients used were not very high-quality :D I will revisit this with the recommended alcohols here and hopefully create a better memory of this cocktail! Now that we're adults...