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Black Tea Lemonade

"A very strong, sweet black tea and lemonade mix is sweetened and chilled to make a refreshing summer drink. "

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Black Tea Lemonade

Why it works: Orange and tea work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 333 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Black Tea Lemonade

8 servings
Prep5 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

111Calories
1 gProtein
0 gFat
28 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 4 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Waternot in our table0
Teanot 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.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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.

  1. Orange + teatop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together333 recipes

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

  2. Sugar + orangetop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together19,212 recipes

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

  3. Sugar + teatop 31% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,204 recipes

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

Sugar and orange barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 19,212 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the orange

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

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Peachfits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, tea. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.