LIIT - Long Island Ice Tea

Part I

 

I’m pretty sure this is a much awaited recipe from the guys who have had my version of the LIIT....not sure about abroad but most of the places I have had LIIT ...hotels,bars,restaurents..the main ingredient that is compensated on is TEQUILA!!!!! the evil spirit...anyways...my ingredients consist of strong imported Tequila if ur budget is high you can buy the expensive one but if you wanna save and get a good taste..keep reading...this will get you 

 

Ingredients

60ml ...White Rum 

70ml Vodka

50ml Gin (just to give the zing)

100ml Tequila 

Triple Sec ...just to garnish

Lime/Lemon slice

Cola

Mint/Pudhina leaves

 

 

Take a Tom Collins glass ...long and tall glass..fill the bottom with around 5-7 ice cubes..and start lining the alcohol around the cubes in the order I have mentioned so once the Coke is put in, all the liquor mixes well.

 

Start with the White Rum..then the Vodka..then Gin and finally the bad boy Tequila,once this is done,mix the coke so all the liquor mixes evenly.Finally pour a little Triple sec on top to garnish...brave drinkers and garnish the top with some more Tequila :).Put in the mint leaves and throw in the lime slice

 

Also if you really wanna be a little brave..a little Jack Daniels can be mixed along with all this..which makes this drink too potent :P

 

 

Apologies will post pic soon :)

 

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Part II

 

Which brands to use to get a good drink : I know in India the imported brands are expensive but i will mention for guys who wanna opt for imported as well as normal brands available here

 

White Rum 

 

Imported : Campari

Available here: Best bet is Bacardi

 

Vodka : 

Imported : Sky /Absolut

Available here : Nothing better than Romanov

 

Gin : 

 

Imported : Gordons London Dry

Avaliable : Blue Riband 

 

Triple Sec

 

Available now in India,cocktails lovers Grenadine also nowadays.You could try Nilgiris

 

And finally now the bad boy hehhe

 

Tequila

 

Imported : Any good Spanish Tequila or Sauza that is available in India its quite expensive around 2k

Available here : Listen carefuly :D...Pondicherry bottle a good Mexican tequila made by Venires &Co which is Rs 475/-  a bottle and I have tried making LIIT with it and it really come out nice.So if someones heading down there you know what to get for yourself

 

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Part III

 

 

The secret why this drink is so strong ??

 

I used to wonder why LIIT is so strong and get you out quite fast.I'm pretty sure there are a lot of you who were so excited before you had a Tequila shot with a line wedge and salt but after you had it it dint feel the way you expected.I felt the same as well,but the magic of Tequila is the more white spirts it mixes with the more potent it gets..Let me explain with an example.You try taking almost like 10-12 tequila shots thats almost 70% of a 650ml bottle and you'll get really high..and you have consumed like 450ml of Tequila (only tequila),but on the hand have say 2 glasses of LIIT and you'll be more drunk because not of many liquors but the way the liquors mix with the Tequila and make the drink potent.

 

My tip to make this drink amazin is once your halfway through the have two tequila shots with lime and salt..

 

 

Enjoy... :D