A couple of friends paid a Chinese New Year visit yesterday, bearing fruity gifts as is traditional. Among their gifts was an introduction to a new addiction.
These are 耙耙柑 (pá pá gān), a type of giant tangerine / orange hybrid from Sichuan.
They are the size of a regular large orange but have that easily removed loose skin that tangerines have. They taste sweet but balanced with a citric edge.
There were eight, China's lucky number, but I quickly reduced that to these four before remembering to take a picture.
They too are critically endangered. I'll buy more tomorrow.
