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Mrs. Baxton's Long Island Iced Tea

"An old friend of mine had made this for years and swears by this recipe. I have to admit it's the best Long Island Iced Tea I've ever had."

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Mrs. Baxton's Long Island Iced Tea

Why it works: Vodka and gin 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 ↓

Mrs. Baxton's Long Island Iced Tea

1 iced tea
Prep10 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

43Calories
0 gProtein
0 gFat
4 gCarbs

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

What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rum1/2 oz (15ml)32
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Vodkanot in our table0
Ginnot in our table0

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.

  1. Vodka + gintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together66 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Rum + limetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together412 recipes

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

  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. Rum + gintop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together40 recipes

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

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