Long Island Iced Tea: the strongest tea

There is a drink that, although it does not consist of boiling herbs, flowers, or roots, is called iced tea and is almost certainly the strongest of them all.To celebrate World Iced Tea Day (June 10), which originated thanks to the heat of St. Louis, Missouri, and the merchant Richard Blechynden, who popularized the cold drink, we will tell you a little about this cocktail, perfect for a summer afternoon.In fact, Long Island Iced Tea, or iced tea Long Island, ¡does not contain tea!, it is rather a quite strong cocktail mix that includes spirits like rum, vodka, tequila, gin, and triple sec.There is no confirmed story about its origin, but the most well-known one places it, of course, in Long Island, a neighborhood in Tennessee, during Prohibition (in the 1920s). You might imagine a bit of the story: a tea that is actually an alcohol bomb, in the years when it was prohibited, sounds very likely, right?Indeed, it is said that it was a clandestine drink created by a bartender named Bishop; in the original Long Island Iced Tea, whiskey was the main ingredient, but later, this element disappeared.Since then, this drink has had many versions, but the final one arrived in the late 1970s, in Long Island, New York, and with the bartender Robert Buttu, its fame also came. Buttu was the one who replaced the whiskey with triple sec.Thus, this tea has become the strongest and a very popular one, as it has been mentioned in several television series, such as Sex and the City or The Big Bang Theory.Now that you know about this iced tea, here we leave you the recipe so you can make it at home and enjoy World Iced Tea Day with the strongest of them all.