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Caribbean Cooler

A chilled cocktail made with orgeat syrup, lemon juice, bitters, nutmeg, orange juice, crushed ice, and optional lime garnish.

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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 ↓

Caribbean Cooler

Ingredients

Directions

Make the drink

  1. Put 2 Tbsp orgeat syrup, 2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice, 6 drops bitters, 4 shakes ground nutmeg, ½ cup fresh orange juice, and crushed ice into a cocktail shaker or similar container.

  2. Shake the mixture.

  3. Strain into chilled chimney glasses filled with ice cubes.

Garnish

  1. Garnish with lime slices, if desired.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

104Calories
2 gProtein
2 gFat
24 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
Orange Juice1 medium (131g)62
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Syrupnot 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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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

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. Lemon + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,289 recipes

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

  2. Lemon + orangetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,634 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Almond + nutmegtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,115 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Orange + limetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together937 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Nutmeg + limetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together236 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Orgeat (almond) syrup
Adds sweetness and a nutty almond flavour that rounds out the citrus.
Fresh lemon juice
Brings acidity that balances the sweetness of the syrup and juice.
Fresh orange juice
Supplies liquid, sweetness and fruity citrus body to the drink.
Crushed ice
Chills and dilutes the drink while shaking, softening its sharpness.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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