Texas Iced Tea

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Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
1⁄3 oz Patrón Añejo tequila
1⁄3 oz Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
1⁄3 oz Ketel One Vodka
1⁄3 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
1⁄3 oz Bourbon whiskey
1⁄3 oz Cointreau triple sec liqueur
1⁄3 oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄3 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄3 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
2 1⁄2 oz Cola (e.g. Coca-Cola or Pepsi)
× 1 1 serving
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Garnish: Lemon wedge

How to make:

SHAKE first 9 ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass. TOP with cola and serve with a stirrer.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 9/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10
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Cocktail of the day:

2nd March 2025 is Texan Independence Day

Review:

Packing six different spirits, this Texas Tea is basically a Long Island Iced Tea with bourbon, and packs a suitably large Texan punch, especially if made with 6 x 15ml (½oz) measures of spirit as per the original recipe. If so choose a large (14oz) Collins to accommodate sufficient cola to achieve the desired dilution.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Texas Iced Tea contains 202 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.3 standard drinks
  • 10.97% alc./vol. (10.97° proof)
  • 18.1 grams of pure alcohol

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Sandip Gohil’s Avatar Sandip Gohil
27th February 2021 at 01:59
Bloody hell. How is this drink so smooth and easy to down? Whether it's the proportions or the bourbon (Makers Mark I used), it takes away even more of that edge from a regular Iced Tea. Super smooth drink
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William Little’s Avatar William Little
8th June 2020 at 21:34
Omit the simple syrup. I used 1/4 sour mix and 1/4 margarita mix instead of lime and lemon juice. A terrific summer sipper for Southern afternoons in South Carolina.
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