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 | Rutte 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) |
| Top up with | Lemon-lime soda (Sprite/7-Up) |
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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.
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