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Kansas City Ice Water

"A very refreshing drink for hot summer days. Be careful, though - it is easy to have too many of these."

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Kansas City Ice Water

Why it works: Gin and vodka share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 66 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Kansas City Ice Water

1 serving
Prep2 min

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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.

  1. Gin + vodkatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together66 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Lime + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,289 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Vodka + limetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together225 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Gin + limetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together115 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  5. Vodka + lemontop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together264 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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