Long Island Iced Tea (no added sugar* & low-calorie)

Name: Long Island Iced Tea (no added sugar* and low-calorie)
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 10 ml Light white rum; 10 ml Gin; 10 ml Vodka; 10 ml Blanco tequila; 10 ml Agave Sec liqueur; 15 ml Sugar-free sweetener syrup; 12.5 ml Lemon juice; 12.5 ml Lime juice; 60 ml Cola

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (6)

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1/3 fl oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
1/3 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
1/3 fl oz	Ketel One Vodka
1/3 fl oz	Blanco tequila
1/3 fl oz	Agave Sec liqueur
1/2 fl oz	Sugar-free sweetener syrup
5/12 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
5/12 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
2 fl oz	Cola

Garnish: Lemon wedge

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Sling glass

Method:

SHAKE first 8 ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass. TOP with cola and briefly stir.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Long Island Iced Tea (no added sugar* & low-calorie) contains 136 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
9.86% alc./vol. (19.73° proof)
15.9 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from the classic serve by yours truly (Simon Difford) in January 2019.

For the origins of the Long Island Iced Tea see 1980s cocktails.

More cocktails by Simon Difford

Review

* BEWARE: Although free of cane sugar and beet sugar, this cocktail contains small amounts of fructose sugars from the agave nectar used in the Agave Sec orange liqueur as well as natural sugars in the lime and lemon juice.

As the cola falls and bleeds its way through the otherwise clear drink (it takes noticeably long to fall than full sugar cola), it does end up looking remarkably like week black tea and indeed the taste isn't so far removed from spirit laced weak tea with citrus fruit.