The recipe
- 4 ozUnsweetened iced tea120 ml
- 2 ozLemonade60 ml
How to make it
- 1Fill a highball with ice.
- 2Pour in the iced tea, then the lemonade, and stir.
Garnish: A lemon wedge (optional).
Variations: The canned AriZona version, and many bars, mix it half and half. With sweet tea it is sometimes called a Winnie Palmer.
Palmer ordered it as an iced tea with “about a third of it in lemonade”, so two parts tea to one of lemonade; he said he liked anywhere from a quarter to a third lemonade, and that “iced tea has the dominant side”. He used unsweetened tea. The 180 ml total is the site’s.
The ratio
2 : 1
In parts, an Arnold Palmer is 2 iced tea and 1 lemonade. Change one part and you have a cousin; the closest are below.
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