Name: Golden Glow Fruit Punch
Prep time: 15 min
Yield: 30 (4 ounce) servings
Ingredients: 8 black tea bags, strings removed; 4 cups cold water; 4 cups apple cider; 3 cups apricot nectar; 1 (6 ounce) can frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed; 2 (12 fluid ounce) cans or bottles cherry flavor lemon-lime carbonated beverage, chilled; 1 orange, sliced into rounds; 1 (4 ounce) jar maraschino cherries

Why it works: Apple and cider are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,238 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓

Golden Glow Fruit Punch

30 (4 ounce) servings

Prep15 min

Ingredients

8 black tea bags, strings removed
4 cups cold water
4 cups apple cider
3 cups apricot nectar
1 (6 ounce) can frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed
2 (12 fluid ounce) cans or bottles cherry flavor lemon-lime carbonated beverage, chilled
1 orange, sliced into rounds
1 (4 ounce) jar maraschino cherries

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

261Calories

4 gProtein

1 gFat

66 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 6 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Apple Cider	1 medium (182g)	95
Cherry	1 cup (138g)	87
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Apricot	1 medium (35g)	17
Black Tea	not in our table	0
Water	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Apple + cidertop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,238 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
Apple + apricottop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together777 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-undecalactone (peach, sweet).
Apricot + cherrytop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together252 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Apricot + orangetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together703 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).
Cherry + orangetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together689 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the cherry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (black tea, apple, cider, apricot, orange):

Pearfits better
Plumfits better
Grapefits better
Cherrythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against black tea, apple, cider, apricot, orange. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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