Texas Tea recipe

Name: Texas Tea
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 0.5 oz Vodka; 0.5 oz White Rum; 0.5 oz Gin; 0.5 oz Tequila; 0.5 oz Bourbon; 0.5 oz Triple Sec; 0.75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice; 2 oz Sweet Tea

A Long Island variation with bourbon and sweet tea for a deeper Southern-style finish.

Method: Build · Glass: Collins glass · Time: 3 min · Difficulty: Intermediate · Family: The Highball Family

Ingredients

0.5 oz Vodka
0.5 oz White Rum
0.5 oz Gin
0.5 oz Tequila
0.5 oz Bourbon
0.5 oz Triple Sec
0.75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
2 oz Sweet Tea

How to make a Texas Tea

Fill a Collins glass with ice.
Add spirits, triple sec and lemon.
Stir briefly.
Top with cold sweet tea.

Garnish

Lemon wedge and mint sprig.

Pro tip

Use strong, chilled tea and avoid oversweetening; the drink already has several spirit and liqueur components.

History of the Texas Tea

Texas Tea adds bourbon and tea to the long-drink structure of the Long Island Iced Tea.

Flavour profile

Tea, Whiskey, Citrus, Strong

Variations

Long Island Iced Tea — Return to the cola-tinted five-spirit original
Tokyo Tea — Use Midori for a bright green melon variation
Long Beach Iced Tea — Use cranberry juice instead of cola

Practise making the Texas Tea in the free Virtual Bar game.