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

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (5 ratings)

Serve in a Sling glass

Ingredients:
13 oz Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
13 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
13 oz Ketel One Vodka
13 oz Patrón Silver blanco tequila
13 oz Agave Sec liqueur
12 oz Sugar-free sweetener syrup
0.42 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
0.42 oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
2 oz Cola (e.g. Coca-Cola or Pepsi)
× 1 1 serving
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Garnish: Lemon wedge

How to make:

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

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 4/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10

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.

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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.

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. (9.86° proof)
  • 14.8 grams of pure alcohol

Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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