Miracle Fruit

[Bonnie Ruth]

I was just given knowledge of this thread. I have yet to try miracle fruit in any form yet, I heard a lot about it about a year ago here in Japan but not much recently.

If anyone is interested in tablets or other forms, the exchange rate in currently in your favor.   Send me a PM and I will see what I can do for you.

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I have still not received my miracle fruit that I ordered several weeks ago. Yesterday I left another message with the grower in Florida. Also I was able to get onto their website this time, and I ordered it again there. I would love to have the tablets or other forms, but I am new here and do not know how to send a PM. The Wizard never works for me.

I am surprised at how this thread suddenly picked up again! I thought the Popular Science article I wrote about was really interesting. And the Sweet and Low corporation slashing and burning thousands of these plants? INCREDIBLY interesting.

[chappie]

I am surprised at how this thread suddenly picked up again!  I thought the Popular Science article I wrote about was really interesting.  And the Sweet and Low corporation slashing and burning thousands of these plants?  INCREDIBLY interesting.

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What??? The toxic aspartame empire burning off its competition?!? Do you have any links to this article or know where I can get it?

Aspartame is frightening shit.

[skidude72]

haha, but how else can i enjoy my snapple with no calories or carbs

[MysticMilt]

I don't know if anyone is watching this thread anymore, but I had to add my $0.02.

Miracle Fruit is, in a word, awesome.

In a few more words: staggering, kind of freaky, and a killer thing to do when you're having a party.

I've now ordered twice from Curtis Mozie (he of miraclefruitman.com), and both times I've been very satisfied with the outcome. Curtis is a bit of an odd duck, and ordering the fruit feels a bit shady, to be honest. The fruit comes in a little box, which itself is just stuffed with some basic kitchen paper towels. Still, both times I've ordered from him the fruit was shipped overnight, and arrived in fine condition.

The fruit is not at all unpleasant to eat; the consistency is a bit like pear crossed with raw cranberry, and the flavor is pretty tasty on its own. It's sort of tartly sweet, and it reminds me of another flavor but danged if I can place it. As all the reviews and articles indicate, you pop the whole berry into your mouth and chew, being sure to get a good coating all around. The pulp around the pit is kind of slimy, but not terribly so.

The effect is instantaneous, but observable only when you take a bite of something you know is supposed to be too sour to eat. In other words, there's no numbing, no weird buzzing, no color trails, no leprechauns popping out of your heating registers, nothing out of the ordinary. What *is* out of the ordinary is just how much sour things are affected. Really, you can read all about the experience from now until forever, but actually experiencing just how weirdly delicious raw lemon is after miracle fruit is just indescribable.

Things we tried in the last two go-arounds, along with tasting notes:

- Lemons. Fantastic. Just like sweet-tart lemon candy.

- Limes. The same. Really delicious.

- Grapefruit. Easily my favorite thing we tasted. I never realized just how *juicy* a grapefruit is, as I was always put off by the sour and bitterness. Grapefruit under the influence of MF is nothing short of extraordinary. SO, so good.

- Star fruit. Good, but not shockingly so. Sweeter than usual, but the lovely floral, perfume-y aspects of the fruit were definitely more pronounced.

- Pomegranate. Wonderful, sweet little ruby bits of yumminess.

- Raspberries. Excellent, although a tiny bit more bland than unadulterated raspberry.

- Strawberries. Some have remarked that strawberries are almost too sweet to eat, and I could see that if you're using perfectly ripe berries. We, however, were eating the less-than-wonderful strawberries you get in the dead of winter, and these were transformed to match the fruit you get at the height of summer. Absolutely scrumptious.

- Kumquats. Maybe we didn't have a good batch to begin with, but overall just kind of meh.

- Goat cheese. Depends on the cheese. The first tasting we had a great one (need to find out the name) that was coated in ash -- this tasted almost like cheesecake, and was terrific. The second time around we had boucheron, and that was almost completely unaffected by the MF.

- Chocolate stout. The bitter and sour aspects of beer were almost completely removed, leaving a chocolate-ish malt-ish fizzy beverage. Interesting, but not out-of-the-park amazing.

- Green Cerignola olives. Almost no effect.

- Deli dill pickles. Tasted like salty cucumbers. Definitely something that needs the sour to be truly appetizing.

By far, the varieties of tart citrus were the big winners at both parties, mainly because the effect was most dramatic when sampling them. Really, I can't emphasize enough how wonderfully weird the experience is. Both times I kept returning to the citrus, and both times I finished the evening with my tongue sore from all the acid and my sense of wonder undiminished.

Things that were sweet to begin with were more sweet, but only if they had a tartness to mask. In other words, strawberries were sweeter and better than a January strawberry could ever aspire to be; marshmallows tasted no different.

Before I forget: if you're having wine I recommend finishing it before starting the tasting, as every wine (that evening we had a Malbec and a couple of Zins) turned too sweet and icky to drink. Manishevitz would be Chateau Lafite compared to this stuff with MF. We weren't drinking any white on either evening, so I can't comment on how it might be affected, but I can't imagine it would be much better.

20 fruit (the minimum order), plus overnight shipping and handling ran me ~$66. Too expensive for a regular grocery item, but absolutely and completely worth it if you're throwing a party. Note that some people needed two fruit to get the full effect, so you'll want to have more on hand than you have guests, but that the fruit does freeze quite well if you have any left over. Also, the effect varies from fruit to fruit and from person to person. The first and second times I tried it were really powerful; the third time it was still noticeable but not as intense as the first two.

Anyway, it's a remarkable little food experiment, and an absolute must for anyone who geeks out over food, even a tiny bit.

[Bonnie Ruth]

I don't know if anyone is watching this thread anymore, but I had to add my $0.02.

Miracle Fruit is, in a word, awesome.

In a few more words: staggering, kind of freaky, and a killer thing to do when you're having a party.

I've now ordered twice from Curtis Mozie (he of miraclefruitman.com), and both times I've been very satisfied with the outcome. Curtis is a bit of an odd duck, and ordering the fruit feels a bit shady, to be honest. The fruit comes in a little box, which itself is just stuffed with some basic kitchen paper towels. Still, both times I've ordered from him the fruit was shipped overnight, and arrived in fine condition.

The fruit is not at all unpleasant to eat; the consistency is a bit like pear crossed with raw cranberry, and the flavor is pretty tasty on its own. It's sort of tartly sweet, and it reminds me of another flavor but danged if I can place it. As all the reviews and articles indicate, you pop the whole berry into your mouth and chew, being sure to get a good coating all around. The pulp around the pit is kind of slimy, but not terribly so.

The effect is instantaneous, but observable only when you take a bite of something you know is supposed to be too sour to eat. In other words, there's no numbing, no weird buzzing, no color trails, no leprechauns popping out of your heating registers, nothing out of the ordinary. What *is* out of the ordinary is just how much sour things are affected. Really, you can read all about the experience from now until forever, but actually experiencing just how weirdly delicious raw lemon is after miracle fruit is just indescribable.

Things we tried in the last two go-arounds, along with tasting notes:

- Lemons. Fantastic. Just like sweet-tart lemon candy.

- Limes. The same. Really delicious.

- Grapefruit. Easily my favorite thing we tasted. I never realized just how *juicy* a grapefruit is, as I was always put off by the sour and bitterness. Grapefruit under the influence of MF is nothing short of extraordinary. SO, so good.

- Star fruit. Good, but not shockingly so. Sweeter than usual, but the lovely floral, perfume-y aspects of the fruit were definitely more pronounced.

- Pomegranate. Wonderful, sweet little ruby bits of yumminess.

- Raspberries. Excellent, although a tiny bit more bland than unadulterated raspberry.

- Strawberries. Some have remarked that strawberries are almost too sweet to eat, and I could see that if you're using perfectly ripe berries. We, however, were eating the less-than-wonderful strawberries you get in the dead of winter, and these were transformed to match the fruit you get at the height of summer. Absolutely scrumptious.

- Kumquats. Maybe we didn't have a good batch to begin with, but overall just kind of meh.

- Goat cheese. Depends on the cheese. The first tasting we had a great one (need to find out the name) that was coated in ash -- this tasted almost like cheesecake, and was terrific. The second time around we had boucheron, and that was almost completely unaffected by the MF.

- Chocolate stout. The bitter and sour aspects of beer were almost completely removed, leaving a chocolate-ish malt-ish fizzy beverage. Interesting, but not out-of-the-park amazing.

- Green Cerignola olives. Almost no effect.

- Deli dill pickles. Tasted like salty cucumbers. Definitely something that needs the sour to be truly appetizing.

By far, the varieties of tart citrus were the big winners at both parties, mainly because the effect was most dramatic when sampling them. Really, I can't emphasize enough how wonderfully weird  the experience is. Both times I kept returning to the citrus, and both times I finished the evening with my tongue sore from all the acid and my sense of wonder undiminished.

Things that were sweet to begin with were more sweet, but only if they had a tartness to mask. In other words, strawberries were sweeter and better than a January strawberry could ever aspire to be; marshmallows tasted no different.

Before I forget: if you're having wine I recommend finishing it before starting the tasting, as every wine (that evening we had a Malbec and a couple of Zins) turned too sweet and icky to drink. Manishevitz would be Chateau Lafite compared to this stuff with MF. We weren't drinking any white on either evening, so I can't comment on how it might be affected, but I can't imagine it would be much better.

20 fruit (the minimum order), plus overnight shipping and handling ran me ~$66. Too expensive for a regular grocery item, but absolutely and completely worth it if you're throwing a party. Note that some people needed two fruit to get the full effect, so you'll want to have more on hand than you have guests, but that the fruit does freeze quite well if you have any left over. Also, the effect varies from fruit to fruit and from person to person. The first and second times I tried it were really powerful; the third time it was still noticeable but not as intense as the first two.

Anyway, it's a remarkable little food experiment, and an absolute must for anyone who geeks out over food, even a tiny bit.

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I tried and tried to get some miracle fruit from Curtis Mozie, and he just never sent it. With help from on here, I got some of the tablets from Japan. I was interested because ever since a surgery on my inner ear 20 years ago, I have a lingering taste disorder that magnifies sour flavors, so anything even remotely sour is quite unpleasant for me. I'm thinking I need to give the tablets more of a try; they have such a strong sour flavor themselves that the first time I used one, it left an unpleasant sour flavor in my mouth that didn't go away for some time. It did diminish the sour of some blackberries, making them taste more like sugared blackberries, but I still couldn't eat them. The 2nd time I tried the miracle fruit tablets, I coated a couple of them in honey and chewed them up that way. That took care of the sour flavor problem with the tablets themselves, and whatever fruit it was I was eating was made paletable for me. So I think I do need to give this more of a try. I also wanted to have a party with them and think I will now that you have reminded me.

[MysticMilt]

Hi Bonnie Ruth,

I'm sorry to hear that Curtis didn't come through for you. I was so nervous (both times) about getting the fruit from him in time for the parties that both times I preceded and followed my PayPal payments with an e-mail to him. The first was to confirm he had fruit available, and the second to notify him that payment was made.

The first time was a seamless process. The second time I placed the order on a Tuesday afternoon in anticipation of a party I was having on Saturday. I got a call from him on Thursday of that week -- he said he "didn't see" my e-mail, so the fruit wouldn't be going in the mail until Friday. He was apologetic(ish), but the good thing was that they use the USPS for overnight shipping, which meant it would get to me on Saturday, which it did.

As I said upthread, he's kind of a weird guy, and the whole process feels a bit dodgy, but he's managed to come through for me two times now. Not to make any excuses for him, but were you trying to place the order last spring when the internet was all abuzz about this? It's possible he might have been overwhelmed by an instant tidal wave of demand, which has since receded.

Either way, I do hope you were able to get your money back!

[annecros]

Oh boy, oh boy!

Nine months after I started this topic, I have finally found a reputable source for bearing aged plants!

Pine Island Nursery

Pricey, but I can drive in and pick mine up this weekend and avoid the shipping. They are holding a big one for me. I will have miracle fruit!

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