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Well, hello fruit freaks, let's talk about this guy.
This is a gold nugget Mandarin.
It's a Sunkist as well.
Sunkist, there's a little number there and...
Yeah, I guess this is relatively
easy to find but honestly
I've never seen it before.
If you can probably find this at like some specialty food markets or like farmers markets
probably the best way to do it.
Me, I found this at an Asian supermarket.
This was sold under the name Clementine, which I
I don't know. I don't think this is a Clementine.
No.
I think this is a Mandarin actually. The species of this
is the same species as Mandarin.
Every website I looked at trying to find more information about this says
the same thing and they're probably all borrowing from each other
which is probably borrowing from the Sunkist website
which also says this but it was considered to be "the best citrus by a panel".
Dot-dot-dot. Yeah that's it.
It doesn't say any information. I don't know what panel.
I don't know. It may just be like some people like in their basement.
I have no idea but considered to be the best-tasting citrus by some dudes.
Which I guess that is saying something
but
you know, does that mean anything?
I've had a lot of different citrus fruits
so I think I could probably be a pretty good judge on whether or not this is the best
citrus of all time or not.
This is
very easy to peel.
You know mandarins are already pretty easy to peel
I mean a lot of cultivars are but this one is especially easy
You know the bumps on it give you like something to grip on to.
You have no need for a knife or like a citrus peeler or anything
and it's got quite a lot of air in there.
You can see like there is no resistance whatsoever. This just like pops right out.
Like you can you can peel this like in three seconds. That's super easy to do and
Yeah it also appears to be coming apart very easily. There is no
There's no difficulty there. These just like pop right apart.
This seems like a very
commercially viable fruit.
Just the fact that this is very very easy to peel
and it comes apart very easily
and I also believe this is seedless so
right there, this thing gets like a lot of points because I mean
it's already peeled and separated out into little wedges in just seconds and that is uh,
That's pretty impressive.
But the most important part
The flavor so let's give it a try
[assessing flavor...]
Damn
That's really good.
I have to admit, that is an excellent mandarin.
It's very juicy. You can see like how it's like shimmering there.
This would actually be really good to make juice out of.
The pulp does not really come apart super easily but a little bit.
It's kind of just like a mass in there
I kind of like it when it comes apart, when it just kind of flakes apart.
So I see that as like kind of a personal
negative but not by much.
The sweetness on this is very very high. It is sweeter than I think any other Mandarin that I've had.
Possibly any other citrus fruit that I've had.
Very very high
I say like an orange on like a level 1 to 10 where 10 is a sugar cube, 5 is an orange.
Mandarins I would normally put probably around like a 6.
This is like, I don't know, more like an 8
This is like a maybe a 7 or an 8. This is very very sweet.
so if you don't like very sweet fruit, this might be a negative.
The sourness on this
is quite low.
I'd say like 1 to 10 where 10 is a lemon
5 is an orange
this is
Like a 3. There's a little bit of tartness there, there's a little bit of bite but not that much. It's less
sour than your typical Mandarin.
The flavor is not
remarkable.
Honestly, it tastes like a Mandarin it just tastes like a very strong sweet Mandarin.
So if you like Mandarin oranges,
This is really good. This is probably the best Mandarin orange that I've had.
however
You know the panel judged this as the best citrus of all time.
I would not go that far.
I would say my favorite citrus that I've ever had is probably the Satoka.
That is amazing and should be available. It's not
unless you live in Japan. That is something that I would buy all the time, even if it were expensive.
I would not rate this as the top citrus of all time in my opinion, but
definitely the best Mandarin that I've had and if you like Mandarins, this is definitely for you.
So yeah, very interesting to try. I've never
seen this before, but I guess it is
fairly easy to find so if you have a
large supermarket
Keep an eye out for these because you might be able to bump into them and I would highly recommend it.
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