Best Recipe for Grapefruit Long Island Iced Tea
Ingredients
- 20 sprigs mint, plus more for garnish
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 cups gin
- 2 cups fresh pink grapefruit juice
- 2 cups white rum
- 2 cups tequila
- 2 cups triple sec
- 2 cups vodka
- One 2-liter bottle cola
- 1 pink grapefruit, sliced
Instructions
- Special equipment: One 12-cup muffin tin
- Pull the leaves off of 10 sprigs of mint. Divide them among the 12 cups of a 12-cup muffin tin. Pour water over to cover. Freeze until firm, about 4 hours.
- Combine the sugar with 1 cup water in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil and stir to dissolve the sugar. Add the remaining 10 sprigs of mint. Remove from heat and steep 15 minutes. Strain and allow the simple syrup to cool slightly.
- Mix the gin, grapefruit juice, rum, tequila, triple sec, vodka and mint syrup in gallon-size container. Chill until ready to serve. Pour the mixture into a large punch bowl.
- Pour in the cola just before serving. Float 6 to 8 grapefruit slices in the punch. Unmold the mint ice cubes and add to the punch bowl. Serve in cups over ice and garnish with mint sprigs.
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