Tasting Berries

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In West Africa, some very interesting red berries grow, which can greatly alter the taste of food. This is due to the protein miraculin, which, acting on the tongue, for an hour or two does not allow you to feel the bitterness and acid of the products. For example, if you eat lemon after these berries, it will not seem sour, but sweet, although its exotic citrus aroma will still remain.

Miracle berries or Magic fruit grow on the evergreen shrub Sinsepalum semi-heart-shaped (Synsepalum dulcificum), this species belongs to the Zapate family which has given us many wonderful plants, including some exotic fruits for us, Lucuma, Canistel, Star Apple or Cainito.

This berry is especially popular in countries such as England, the USA and Japan. It even hosts parties where guests are offered after an interesting berry treat to eat various dishes that change their taste dramatically: bitter beer turns into spicy chocolate, vinegar into apple juice, and lemon into sweet candy.

Visitors are offered various kinds of cocktails with juice and berry fruits. Some companies have already managed to release chewing gum and dragees, which, with the help of miraculin, change the taste of food.