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Newfoundland Coffee

"A wonderful coffee treat with a kick. If you live in Newfoundland, you can use Screech instead of rum. Add a dollop of whipped cream if you like."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Newfoundland Coffee

Why it works: Rum and coffee work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 138 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Newfoundland Coffee

1 Serving
Prep1 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

170Calories
2 gProtein
6 gFat
22 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Rum1/2 oz (15ml)32
Coffeenot 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.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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. Rum + coffeetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together138 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  2. Rum + cherrytop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together155 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl pentanoate (yeast, fruit).

  3. Coffee + cherrytop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together90 recipes

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

  4. Coffee + creamtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,339 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).

  5. Rum + creamtop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together842 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

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 (rum, coffee, cream):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Bananafits better
  3. Strawberryfits better
  4. Cherrythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rum, coffee, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.