Long Island Iced Tea owing their existence to the success of the original Long Island Iced Tea. An example of a variation to the Long Island is the Purple Rain, which uses the same mix as a Long Island but the Triple Sec is replaced with a shot of Chambord Liqueur and the cola replaced with lemonlime soda . Long Island Iced Tea A Long Island Iced Tea is a type of alcoholic mixed drink typically made with vodka, tequila, light rum, triple sec, gin, and a splash of cola, which gives the drink the same amber hue as its namesake. A popular version
Triple sec Triple sec Triple sec, originally Curaçao triple sec, is a strong, sweet and colorless orange-flavored liqueur. It is a variety of Curaçao liqueur, an orange-flavoured liqueur made from the dried peels of bitter and sweet orange. The etymology of "triple sec" is unclear. "Sec" is French for "dry". Triple sec may refer to the spirit being distilled three times, having triple the flavor, being three times as dry as other spirits, or it could just be a marketing gimmick. Triple sec may be consumed neat as a digestif or on the rocks, but is more typically used as an ingredient