New England Iced Tea

Total Time

Prep/Total Time: 10 min.

Makes

1 serving

Updated: Jun. 27, 2023
While growing up in Massachusetts, my family spent summers at our cottage. These cocktails for the adults were a regional variation on Long Island iced tea, and they always showed up at clambakes on the beach. —Ann Liebergen, Brookfield, Wisconsin
New England Iced Tea Recipe photo by Taste of Home

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 ounce vodka
  • 1 ounce light rum
  • 1 ounce gin
  • 1 ounce Triple Sec
  • 1 ounce lime juice
  • 1 ounce tequila
  • 1 to 1-1/2 cups ice cubes
  • 2 ounces cranberry juice
  • Lemon slice, optional

Directions

  1. In a mixing glass or tumbler, combine the sugar, vodka, rum, gin, Triple Sec, lime juice and tequila; stir until sugar is dissolved.
  2. Place ice in a highball glass; pour in the sugar mixture. Top with cranberry juice. Garnish with lemon if desired.

Nutrition Facts

3/4 cup: 493 calories, 0 fat (0 saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 4mg sodium, 47g carbohydrate (44g sugars, 0 fiber), 0 protein.