Why it works: Grape and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 23% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 7,490 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓
Grape Drink
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the juice
Pick grapes from their stalks and bruise them.
Squeeze the grapes in a straining cloth to extract the juice.
Sweeten and chill
Stir in the white sugar until it is completely melted.
Add the cold water and let it stand in ice until very cold.
Serve
Put a lump of ice into a large glass jug, pour the mixture over it, and serve.
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.
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.
-
Grape + sugartop 23% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together7,490 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Grapes
- Supply the juice and the main fruit flavor of the drink.
- White sugar
- Adds sweetness that balances the tartness of the grape juice.
- Cold water
- Dilutes the juice so it is lighter and more refreshing to drink.
The step that matters
Stir in the sugar until completely melted. Sugar dissolves more slowly in cold liquid, so stirring until no crystals remain keeps the sweetness even and prevents grainy sugar settling at the bottom of the jug.
“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.
More grape juice recipes
You might also like
Grape Frappe10 recipes
Vegetable Soup350 recipes
Raspberry Vinegar214 recipes
Brown Coffee with Egg175 recipesThe free Flavor Lab newsletter: one surprising pairing a week and the molecular reason it works, in 60 seconds. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.
Prefer an account? Create a free account to save pairings and unlock the full chemistry.