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The Rum Rickey Cocktail

"This classic long drink is as refreshing as a summer day is long. The rum Rickey combines lime juice and rum with ice and club soda for a fizzy, refreshing cocktail for a hot summer day."

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The Rum Rickey Cocktail

Why it works: Lime and rum work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 412 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

The Rum Rickey Cocktail

1 cocktail
Prep5 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

92Calories
0 gProtein
0 gFat
16 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Rum1/2 oz (15ml)32
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11

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. Lime + rumtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together412 recipes

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

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