LA Iced Tea

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Serve in a Sling glass

Ingredients:
1⁄2 oz Ketel One Vodka
1⁄2 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
1⁄2 oz Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
1⁄2 oz Cointreau triple sec liqueur
1⁄2 oz Green melon liqueur
1 oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄2 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
1 oz Thomas Henry Soda Water
× 1 1 serving
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Garnish: Lime wedge

How to make:

SHAKE first 7 ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass. TOP with soda.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 8/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10
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Review:

Long and lime green with subtle notes of melon and fresh lime.

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Nutrition:

One serving of LA Iced Tea contains 219 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.4 standard drinks
  • 13.32% alc./vol. (13.32° proof)
  • 20 grams of pure alcohol

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Elizabeth Johnson’s Avatar Elizabeth Johnson
7th August 2022 at 00:42
Finally found a cocktail recipe which uses Midori without being too sweet! Replaced the 1/2 Oz vodka with additional gin as I have no use for vodka apart from a Bloody Mary.
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10th December 2020 at 05:26
This is the exact same recipe as your Grateful Dead (https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/906/grateful-dead), where it says it's a LA Iced Tea with Midori instead of berry liqueur, so I think this one is wrong. Also, it's LA, not L.A., unless you're thinking of a Beach Boys album.
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Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
14th December 2020 at 16:59
Thanks for bringing this to my attention. The LA Iced Tea is with Midori while the Grateful Dead should be with berry liqueur.
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