Name: Mocha Milk Drink
Ingredients: 1 tbsp syrup; 1 tsp instant coffee powder; 1 cup (8 oz) skim milk

Why it works: Coffee and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,202 recipes. Both carry 4-heptenal, which smells creamy, biscuit. The science ↓

Mocha Milk Drink

Timeabout 30 seconds

Ingredients

1 tbsp syrup
1 tsp instant coffee powder
1 cup (8 oz) skim milk

Directions

Combine

Measure syrup into a tall glass.
Add instant coffee powder.
Pour milk on top slowly.
Stir vigorously to blend well.

Blend

If you have a blender, measure ingredients into blender and cover.
Mix at low speed for about 30 seconds.

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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.

Coffee + milktop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,202 recipes

Shared aroma: 4-heptenal (creamy, biscuit).
Syrup + coffeetop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together318 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Syrup + milktop 25% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together2,143 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).