Name: Coffee, Tea, Beverages
Ingredients: 1 quart of ice; ½ pint of brandy; ½ pint of Jamaica rum

Why it works: Brandy and rum are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,058 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Coffee, Tea, Beverages

Ingredients

1 quart of ice
½ pint of brandy
½ pint of Jamaica rum

Directions

Add ½ pint of brandy and ½ pint of Jamaica rum to 1 quart of ice.
Mix well.
Serve in high glasses.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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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.

Brandy + rumtop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,058 recipes

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

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What each ingredient does

Brandy: Provides the main spirit flavour and alcohol content that defines the drink.
Jamaica rum: Adds a rich, molasses-like sweetness and aroma alongside the brandy.
Ice: Chills the drink and, as it melts, slowly dilutes the spirits.

“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.