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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. Mix, then add 4 US fl oz (120 ml) of cola.Squeeze 1⁄ 2 a fresh lemon and 1⁄ 2 a fresh lime into a 16 US fl oz (470 ml) glass.Old Man's version included whiskey, maple syrup, varied quantities of the five liquors, and no triple sec, rather than the modern one with cola and five equal portions of the five liquors. 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 Add all ingredients into highball glass filled with ice.
