I have been fascinated by this berry or fruit since I read up on it .... this is a berry that you roll around and dissolve on your tongue and turns everything sour into sweet. It's a complete mind f*ck and totally cool!
The berry which originates in Africa, has an active ingredient called "Miraculan" which coats the tongue and blocks out the sensations of sour, bitterness and acidic flavours.
I had the pleasure of doing a lunch tasting with the miracle berry all thanks to my adventurous co-worker Zenon who ordered the product in a freeze dried form from the US as it's not available regularly in Canada however thanks to the comment from Johnny Smith below - there is a company that ships from Canada YAY!
He put together a platter of sour delights including lemons, limes, granny smith apples, grapefruits sour skittles and sour gummy bears.
The first thing I tried was the lemon which in my head was sour and I couldn't wait to scrunch my face up when tasting it and it was unbelievable as it tasted like juicy sweet lemonade that was very refreshing. The next one was lime- which was fresh and sweet and cool. Then the grapefruit - which aren't always sour - they were amazing- so sweet, and perfectly juicy. The sour skittles just tasted like regular skittles and the sour gummies - like regular gummies with sugar on them. The best was seeing other co-workers reactions - they were completely stunned.
We all just used half a berry so the sensation lasted less than half an hour for us but it was so much fun that I am anxious to have more miracle berry parties.
The one thing was - my stomach was very upset after having all those acidic foods and tums or rollaids should always be on hand when trying this.
Miracle Fruit Tablets are available in Canada and legal too. I bought mine from www.MiracleFruitExpress.com and they ship from Canada so you get them way faster instead of waiting 2 weeks. I love lemons with miracle fruit and you're right. Total mind F*ck when you try it the first time.
ReplyDeleteIt completely blows me away when grapefruits can taste like candy. Trés bien!
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