Long Island with Popping Boba Recipes

Ingredients:

  • ½ oz vodka
  • ½ oze rum
  • ½ oz gin
  • ½ oz tequila
  • ½ oz triple sec (orange-flavored liqueur)
  • 1 oz sweet and sour mix
  • 1 oz cola (or to taste)
  • 1 Lemon wheel or wedge (for garnish)
  • Ice
  • 2 tbsp Green Apple Popping Boba

How to make:

 

STEP 1

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice.

STEP 2

Add vodka, tequila, rum, gin, triple sec, and sweet & sour mix.

STEP 3 

Shake well until chilled.
STEP 4 
Pour into a tall glass filled with fresh ice.
STEP 5
Top with cola.
STEP 6
To Finish
Add Green Apple Popping Boba, garnish with lemon wheel or wedge, and serve.
 

Ingredients & How to make
Origin & Characteristics:

Let’s be honest — the Long Island Iced Tea is the cocktail equivalent of “don’t judge a book by its cover.” Despite the name, there’s no actual tea. What you get instead is a five-liquor power move disguised as a chilled, citrusy drink that looks innocent... until it isn’t.

Created in the 1970s, most credit goes to bartender Robert "Rosebud" Butt, who claims he mixed it up during a contest at the Oak Beach Inn in Long Island, New York. The goal? Make a drink using triple sec. The result? A cocktail with vodka, rum, gin, tequila, and triple sec — balanced with lemon and cola so it sips smooth but hits hard.

A New Twist: Long Island with Popping Boba

Now imagine that cocktail — bold, cold, and deceptively smooth — topped off with popping boba. Yup. We’re taking that boozy classic and giving it a textural twist. Those juicy pearls burst with citrus or cola flavor and add a playful pop to every sip. It’s chaos in a glass… in the best possible way.