Calories in Long Island Iced Tea

Long Island Iced Tea happens to be one of many legendary cocktails that is hugely popular all over the world. In this article, I intend to present you with some Long Island Iced Tea nutritional facts. However, for the benefit of all my fellow teetotaler readers, I think I should first explain what a Long Island Iced Tea actually is, before I move on to other things such as Long Island Iced Tea calories, nutrition facts, etc.

Long Island Iced Tea Ingredients
First and foremost, Long Island Iced Tea is NOT a type of iced tea, or for that matter, any other type of tea. It is in fact, a cocktail and quite a strong one at that! Although there are many variants of this particular alcoholic drink, the most common recipe makes use of the 'famous five', i.e. vodka, gin, rum, tequila and triple sec. Coca Cola and lemon juice are the other ingredients which make up this cocktail. Now that you are aware of what this cocktail is made up of, let us now move on to the next part of this article, i.e. Long Island Iced Tea calories.

Long Island Iced Tea Nutrition Info
To be honest, I am of the opinion that using words such as 'nutrition info' or 'nutritional value' in the case of Long Island Iced Tea is a bit inappropriate and misleading to the reader, considering the subject is nothing but an alcoholic drink. Had it been an energy drink or a protein supplement or something similar, then it would have made sense to use the words 'nutrition', etc. Therefore, the only Long Island Iced Tea nutritional facts that I will present will be the ones which will give you an idea about the number of calories in Long Island Iced Tea.

Long Island Iced Tea Calorie Count
As I mentioned earlier, traditionally, Long Island Iced Tea is made up of vodka, gin, rum, tequila and triple sec; in addition to Coke and lemon juice. By the way, a popular variant of this recipe (known as Long Beach Iced Tea) makes use of cranberry juice in place of Coke. Anyway, the total number of Long Island Iced Tea calories would be the addition of the individual calorie contents of all its ingredients. Here is a table which shows the individual calorie contents of the 'famous five'.

Ingredient	Calories
Vodka (1 oz)	65
Tequila (1 oz)	65
Gin (1 oz)	66
Rum (1 oz)	66
Triple sec (1 oz)	100

Add up all the calories and what do you get? 362. But wait, that's not all. We still have to add the Coke and the lemon juice, right? Now the amount of Coke that you mix is relative and it differs from person to person. The usual norm is to pour just enough Coke to make the color of the drink change from that of lemonade to that of a regular iced tea. Assuming that amount to be approx. 60 ml, that makes for an additional 25-odd calories. Add a dash of lemon juice and sugar syrup, and you end up with a fully-loaded 400 calorie cocktail!

This was a brief overview on Long Island Iced Tea calories. If you're a cocktail lover, you might want to explore some of these traditional Margarita recipes as well. For the calorie conscious crowd, here is an interesting piece of information regarding the lowest calorie alcoholic drinks. So mix it up, shake it well and enjoy your drink!