Name: Lemonade Iced Tea Ice Cubes
Ingredients: 5 18.5-ounce bottles Gold Peak Lemonade Iced Tea; 12 Raspberries; 1 handful fresh Mint; 1 lemon, cut into small wedges; 1 lime, cut into small wedges; 3-4 strawberries, cut into sliced

Why it works: Lemon and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,289 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Lemonade Iced Tea Ice Cubes

Ingredients

5 18.5-ounce bottles Gold Peak Lemonade Iced Tea
12 Raspberries
1 handful fresh Mint
1 lemon, cut into small wedges
1 lime, cut into small wedges
3-4 strawberries, cut into sliced

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

136Calories

3 gProtein

2 gFat

34 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 6 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Raspberry	1 cup (123g)	64
Strawberry	1 cup (152g)	49
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Tea	not in our table	0
Peppermint	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By whatsgabycooking. 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.

Lemon + limetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,289 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Mint + limetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together846 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Mint + lemontop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,998 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Tea + lemontop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together610 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Tea + minttop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together71 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the mint

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tea, lemon, lime):

Corianderfits better
Peppermintfits better
Gingerfits better
Mintthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tea, lemon, lime. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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