

After stirring gently, the drink may also be garnished with a lemon slice. The International Bartenders Association (IBA)'s recipe calls for equal parts vodka, tequila, white rum, cointreau, gin, 2 parts lemon juice, 1 + 1⁄ 3 syrup topped with cola. It is easy to drink, making it "dangerously boozy". The cocktail's flavor has been described as "bright and refreshing". However, the variety of spirits needed to prepare the drink also mean that one can prepare many other types of cocktails if they have the ingredients for a Long Island already. The drink is a polarizing choice between bartenders, with some favoring the drink and others disliking it. It is considered a favorite of university students in the United States and it has thus garnered negative connotations as "an act of mixological atrocity favored by college students and wastrels", in the words of one food critic.

The cocktail has been criticized for its large number of ingredients, making it cumbersome to prepare in busy bars. While some sources say there was a recipe for Long Island iced tea in the 1961 edition of Betty Crocker's New Picture Cook Book, no such recipe can actually be found there.

The drink was then tweaked by Ransom Bishop, Old Man Bishop's son, by adding cola, lemon, and lime. Ī slightly different drink is claimed to have been invented in the 1920s during Prohibition in the United States by an "Old Man Bishop" in a local community named Long Island in Kingsport, Tennessee. Robert "Rosebud" Butt claims to have invented the Long Island iced tea as an entry in a contest to create a new mixed drink with triple sec in 1972 while he worked at the Oak Beach Inn on Long Island, New York. There are two competing origin stories for the Long Island iced tea, one from Long Island, Tennessee and one from Long Island, New York. The drink has a much higher alcohol concentration (approximately 22 percent) than most highball drinks due to the relatively small amount of mixer. Despite its name, the cocktail does not typically contain iced tea, but is named for having the same amber hue as iced tea. The Long Island iced tea, or Long Island ice tea, is an IBA official cocktail, typically made with vodka, tequila, light rum, triple sec, gin, and a splash of cola.

† Long Island Iced Tea recipe at International Bartenders Association
AMF DRINK MADE OF FULL
You can find bottled sweet-and-sour on store shelves, but it’s always a good practice to stay away from those, as they're full of sugar and additives.Add all ingredients into highball glass filled with ice. The recipe specifically calls for the sweet-and-sour mix. That curaçao swap adds vibrant color, while the soda switch gives the drink a lighter, more citrusy flavor. But where the LIIT calls for triple sec and cola, this cocktail needs a slug of blue curaçao and a topper of Sprite or 7UP. Featuring five alcoholic components, it’s very similar to the Long Island Iced Tea. The AMF is similar to the invisible and the Long Island Iced Tea cocktail, its cousin. The idea behind it is to take four of the major spirits (gin, tequila, rum, and vodka), mix them, and eventually mask the taste of this cocktail with the citrus flavor of the blue curacao since the color of it. The taste is less exciting than the color, as it is a careless combination made more to get high than to appreciate a fine cocktail. The Adios Motherfucker, abbreviated AMF, is new, and its principal feature is the blue color, a beautiful blue like the Caribbean Sea.
