Name: Planteur's Punch
Ingredients: 2 ice cubes; 1 measure La Mauny sugar cane syrup,; 1 measure grenadine cordial,; 1 measure La Mauny amber rum,; pineapple or guava juice

Why it works: Rum and pineapple match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 451 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl isobutyrate, which smells fruity, ethereal. The science ↓

The recipe

Ingredients

2 ice cubes
1 measure La Mauny sugar cane syrup,
1 measure grenadine cordial,
1 measure La Mauny amber rum,
pineapple or guava juice

Directions

Assemble

Put the ingredients in a double cocktail glass.
Fill to half with pineapple or guava juice.

Garnish and serve

Decorate with a slice of pineapple or star fruit.
Serve with a straw.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

Rum + pineappletop 1% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together451 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).
Sugar + syruptop 5% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together5,841 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Sugar + rumtop 6% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together2,907 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Syrup + rumtop 9% of all pairs

Aroma overlaplow

Mentioned together367 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Syrup + pineappletop 10% of all pairs

Aroma overlaplow

Mentioned together568 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

What each ingredient does

La mauny amber rum: Provides the spirit base and warming alcohol aroma.
La mauny sugar cane syrup: Adds sweetness and a rounded, syrupy body.
Grenadine cordial: Adds sweetness, tartness and a red colour.
Pineapple or guava juice: Adds fruity sweetness and liquid volume to dilute the spirit.
Ice cubes: Chill the drink and slowly dilute it as they melt.

Flavor stand-ins for the pineapple

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

Vanillabetter flavor fit
Pineapplethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, syrup, rum. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).

“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.