Blast from the Past- Long Island Tea
July 2, 2008 by Marye Audet
Filed under Recipes, Tea
We are doing a blast from the past theme day today on b5. When I think of the summers of my childhood I think of lots of longs days with nothing but time, hamburgers done on the grill, and this refreshing tea that a neighbor from New New York always made, Long Island Tea.
Now, when I was growing up and drinking Long Island tea it was NOT the recipes I have seen on the Internet! Nope. It was the most refreshing, nonalcoholic tea I have ever had. In fact, a company in the late 80s created a scent that smelled exactly like it and I wore it for years..it was called Long Island Tea!
Long Island Tea, Non-alcoholic
1 gallon sweet tea
1 can (12 ounces) frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed
1/2 can frozen orange juice thawed
sliced lemons, bruised mint leaves, and orange slices to float in the tea
Serve in frosted glasses
Makes 12 to 16 servings.
Image:Morgue File
I never thought about making these non-alcoholic…perfect for lunch!
I duno, Cathy, the day I am having..I probably need the real kind for lunch..
This sounds delicious! The one thing that gets me about the alcoholic version (I had a sip, once) is that it really tastes just like iced tea, but with alcohol. So… why not just drink the non-alcoholic kind? It just doesn’t strike me as an alcoholic drink.
Thanks for the recipe!
I agree Julia..I love this!
One of my favorite drinks to twist is iced tea. Thank you for this recipe! I had an old cookbook with something similar to this, but I can’t find it now!