Miracle Fruit – What Kind of Miracles are We Talking?

There is a new miracle hitting the blogosphere and it is called the "miracle fruit." This miracle fruit is not performing weight loss miracles the way the name would suggest. Instead it is performing miracles on your taste buds. The real name of the fruit is "Synsepalum dulcificum" and it is native to West Africa.

The fruit are in the form of tiny red berries and after popping one in your mouth, the proteins in the berry bind with your taste buds causing acidic foods to actually taste sweet! Imagine eating a lemon and having it taste like candy, or drinking beer to have it taste like chocolate. These are the types of effects that happen after eating the berry. The effect lasts anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour.

The miracle fruit berries do not taste sweet themselves. In fact, they are rather tart and are not something that you would want to consume on a regular basis. Due to the way they effect your taste buds, the only real reason you would eat them is as a way to have fun at a dinner party. This is exactly how the miracle fruit began picking up steam in the media after a report in the NY Times about a tasting party dedicated to the little berries.

If you want to buy the miracle fruit to try for yourself be prepared as they do not come cheap and are somewhat hard to find. They cost about $2 a berry and do not have a long shelf life. What do you think - would you try it?