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Recipe courtesy of John Green

Show: On the Rocks

Episode: Small Town Insecurity

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Total:: 5 min
Active:: 5 min

Yield:: 1 drink

Level:: Easy

Ingredients

Sour Mix:

1 ounce lemon juice
1/2 ounce Simple Syrup, recipe follows

Classic Texas Tea:

1/2 ounce vodka
1/4 ounce gin
1/4 ounce rum
1/2 ounce tequila
1/2 ounce whiskey
1/2 ounce triple sec
Splash cola

Simple Syrup:

1 cup sugar
1 cup water

Directions

Classic Texas Tea:

For the sour mix: Stir together the lemon juice and Simple Syrup in a glass.

For the Texas tea: Fill a Collins glass with ice. Pour in the vodka, gin, rum, tequila, whiskey, triple sec and 1 ounce of the sour mix. Top off with a splash of cola. Stir once with a bar spoon and serve. No garnish needed.

Simple Syrup:

Put the sugar and water in a small saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring, until the sugar dissolves. (Alternatively, heat in the microwave.) Store in a sealed container in the refrigerator.

My Private Notes

Name: Classic Texas Tea
Cook time: P0Y0M0DT0H5M0.000S
Total time: P0Y0M0DT0H5M0.000S
Yield: 1 drink
Ingredients: 1 ounce lemon juice; 1/2 ounce Simple Syrup, recipe follows; 1/2 ounce vodka; 1/4 ounce gin; 1/4 ounce rum; 1/2 ounce tequila; 1/2 ounce whiskey; 1/2 ounce triple sec; Splash cola; 1 cup sugar; 1 cup water