With Independence Day, aka Fourth Of July falling on the weekend, this cocktail roundup should carry most through the weekend.

Updated: Apr 5, 2025 / 10:33 AM CDT (NEXSTAR) — If you’re familiar with a Long Island iced tea, you may be aware of a common misconception: there is no tea, iced or otherwise, in the cocktail.

Despite its varieties, the Long Island iced tea has remained a popular cocktail. An April 2024 report from Forbes, citing NielsenIQ Data, listed it as the seventh-most popular cocktail in the U.S.