Updated May 2026.
A Long Island Iced Tea premix is house English for a bottled or canned five-spirit mix, not IBA. IBA Long Island already 15 mL vodka / 15 mL tequila / 15 mL white rum / 15 mL gin / 15 mL Cointreau / 25 mL lemon / 30 mL simple / cola. Read the neck. Count the spirit ounces.
Lime: what lime juice is for cocktails. Margarita: how much alcohol is in a margarita. Tequila: 2-ingredient tequila drinks. Cherry: what are bourbon cherries. Jigger: what is a jigger measurement. Shot: how many ml is a shot. Vodka: vodka. Gin: gin.
House vs recovered IBA
IBA Long Island already five 15 mL spirit/liqueur parts. 5% as IBA Recovered Barton cheap-liquor Recovered without-the-buzz Recovered Long Beach cranberry swap as IBA IBA Margarita already 50/20/15 IBA Cosmopolitan already 40/15/15/30 IBA Paloma already 50/5/pinch/100 5.142 already: US vodka ≥40% 5.148 already: US tequila ≥40% 5.147 cristalino is not a NOM class. Grand Marnier is not cognac New Amsterdam already 40/80 Grey Goose already distilled once IBA Dry Martini is not Grey Goose
Premix already: read the neck on that bottle. four 15 mL 40% spirits are 60 mL of 40% — about 1.35 US drinks — before Cointreau, lemon, syrup, and cola. US shot already 1.5 fl oz. Cola does not erase the ethanol. Count the ounces.
| Lock | What it is not |
|---|---|
| LIIT 15×5 + 25 + 30 + cola | A recovered premix statute |
| Unused invented 20% as IBA | A recovered Phillips lock |
| US vodka ≥40% | A premix class |
| US tequila ≥40% | A recovered 20% premix neck |
| US shot 1.5 fl oz | A recovered cheap-liquor lock |
| Cristalino is not a NOM class | A recovered LIIT class |
Count the pour
IBA parts, not a premix-brand lock:
| Part | mL | fl oz |
|---|---|---|
| Vodka / tequila / white rum / gin / Cointreau | 15 each | 0.5 each |
| Lemon juice | 25 | 0.85 |
| Simple syrup | 30 | 1.0 |
| Cola | top | top |
Four 15 mL 40% pours are 60 mL of 40% before the liqueur. A 1.5 fl oz 40% pour is one drink. Read the neck.
Sources
- iba-world.com/cocktails/long-island-iced-tea/ 15 mL vodka / tequila / white rum / gin / Cointreau, 25 mL lemon, 30 mL simple, top cola.
- 5.142 / 5.148 US shot 1.5 fl oz. NIAAA Dec 2025.