Whats the history of the Long Island Iced Tea?
The strip of land near New York City has long been a launchpad for icons of American culture — the first planned suburban community, comedians like Eddie Murphy and Billy Crystal, musicians from Mariah Carey to John Tesh, and the Belmont Stakes horse race. Sometime in the 1970s, the area spawned a cocktail that carried the Long Island name to frat parties everywhere. For such a powerful potable, the Long Island Iced Tea has a fairly short and uneventful background. Sometime around 1976, a bartender at the Oak Beach Inn of Hampton Bays, Long Island, concocted a drink
