A tall, non-alcoholic refresher of equal parts iced tea and lemonade, poured over ice so that brisk tannin meets bright citrus in every sip. The tea lends a dry, faintly bitter backbone and a warm amber colour, the lemonade brings sweetness and sharp acidity, and the cold, clean finish makes it drink as easily as water on a hot afternoon.
Garnish: Lemon Wheel
Built · Highball · On the Rocks
build
Fill a highball glass with ice cubes.
add
Pour in equal parts chilled unsweetened iced tea and lemonade (about 4 oz each).
stir
Give a brief stir to combine.
garnish
Garnish with a lemon wheel if desired.
The drink takes its name from golfer Arnold Palmer, and while some credit him with inventing it, the story usually told is only that he began combining tea and lemonade at home in the mid-1950s. The name reportedly arrived in the late 1960s, when a stranger in Palm Springs overheard his order and asked for the same thing by the golfer's name. Palmer himself preferred about three parts unsweetened tea to one of lemonade, yet the equal-parts pour — also known as a Half & Half — is what the name now means. Spiked versions followed, with vodka making a John Daly and tequila making one that goes by Lee Trevino or Juan Daly.