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Hot Rum Coffee

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Hot Rum Coffee

Why it works: Cardamom and nutmeg match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 249 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Hot Rum Coffee

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

254Calories
2 gProtein
10 gFat
32 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Rum1/2 oz (15ml)32
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Cardamom1 tsp ground (2g)6
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 williamssonoma. 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. Cardamom + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together249 recipes

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

  2. Coffee + chocolatetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,497 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (buttery, creamy).

  3. Rum + chocolatetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together286 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  4. Coffee + rumtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together138 recipes

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

  5. Nutmeg + rumtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together646 recipes

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

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

Swap the cardamom

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (coffee, sugar, nutmeg, rum, chocolate):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Allspicefits about as well
  3. Cardamomthe original
  4. Clovefits about as well

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