May 22-Tokyo Iced Tea

We have the Tokyo Iced Tea today. This cocktail actually had a history section on Difford’s Guide but all it said was that no one knows where this one came from aside the fact that it was a cocktail associated with TGI Fridays in the mid 90’s. It even said no one would want to take credit for this one. I pretty much agree with that sentiment as this one is a hot mess of a cocktail. It’s a variation of the Long Island Iced Tea meaning this has over 7 ingredients alone. I will say that I am surprised this was a new entry as I didn’t think this one had a renaissance the same wasy gi and vermouth drinks have had recently. Yes there is gin in this, but it’s split between so much else that this cocktail is not really a gin drink.

I’m also surprised that this was the Long Island variation that made it into the top 100. I was taught that the blue variation which is called, and I’m not kidding, the Adios Motherf***er was more popular. Goes to show that any cocktail really can become widely popular without expectations. I’m not going to talk about the recipe because there are just so many ingredients but if you want to see it there is a great video by the Educated Barfly (yes we are talking about him again and this won’t be the last time) on this one and other Long Island variations.

Full judging here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nf-RXz2kSx3dDM1nogcKYElBBydq2jtlkwV6fRz5Nuk/edit?tab=t.0 .