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The Pineapple Tea is a Long Island Iced Tea with pineapple juice where the cola should be. Five half ounce pours of white spirits, a little sour mix, and then whatever fruit juice the recipe has chosen to hide them under. The structure is identical, only the disguise changed.
That swap changes the drink more than it sounds. Cola in a Long Island is there for color as much as flavor, selling the illusion of iced tea. Pineapple juice is opaque, sweet and acidic enough to genuinely round off the tequila and gin, so this ends up tasting more deliberate than its parent even though it is built exactly the same way.
Glass: Collins glass | Strength: Strong | Serves: 1 | Prep Time: 3 minutes
Bartenders tip: Two and a half ounces of mixed spirits is a full drink before the mixers arrive, so pack the glass with ice and let it dilute properly. The original recipe leaves the pineapple juice unmeasured at to taste, which is honest, but three ounces is about where it balances in a Collins glass. Use the cheap white spirits here without guilt, because nothing in this drink will let a good gin show through. A lime wedge on the rim is worth adding even though the recipe does not ask for one.
Ingredients
- 1/2 oz Vodka
- 1/2 oz Gin
- 1/2 oz Rum
- 1/2 oz Tequila
- 1/2 oz Triple Sec
- 1 oz Sweet and Sour Mix
- 3 oz Pineapple Juice (to top)
Steps
- Fill a Collins glass with ice.
- Add the vodka, gin, rum, tequila, triple sec and sweet and sour mix.
- Top with pineapple juice to taste, stir, and serve.
