A Long Island Iced Tea is not as innocent as it sounds. Initially, it sounds like the refreshing drink that suburbanites sip around the backyard patio on a sultry summer afternoon around the pool. Or else, it is the drink that canasta players keep within arm’s length during their weekly game. However, the drink we are talking about is antithetical to that. It is a very potent drink that is guaranteed to knock your socks off when at a club listening to a favorite band or during an event like a wedding or bar mitzvah. It does not have to be a drink that you order at an open bar. You can make it at home if you have the right ingredients. First, here is a short history lesson to color the occasion.

It was first concocted during the 1970s by Robert Bott, a bartender from Long Island. Charles Bishop, a moonshiner during the 1930s, is also credited with the concoction.

First, take ½ oz. triple sec, ½ oz. light rum, ½ oz. gin, ½ oz. vodka, ½ oz. tequila, 1 oz. sour mix, and 1 oz. cola. Sounds deadly, right? Let us continue undaunted with the outcome. Pour the alcohol and sour mix together into a Collins glass filled with ice. Then add the cola topping it off with a slice of lemon.

At first, the drink will taste like a harmless, refreshing soft drink. It will seduce you into a second drink. Then, watch out! Its potency is legendary.