The Miracle Fruit Blog

December 23, 2008

Miracle Fruit Involved in Murder

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Some may think this is negative press, but it’s all in good fun.  Last week’s episode of CSI: NY featured the murder of a girl at a flavor tripping party.  She was given poison to drink and…oh my!  She couldn’t taste it because of the perception-altering effects of the miracle fruit.  No more spoilers.  You can watch the episode online here:  CBS.com

CSI: NY Season 5 Episode 11 “Forbidden Fruit”

December 18, 2008

Miracle Fruit 101

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New to miracle fruit? Start by checking out some of the links from the following list:


1. Flavor Tripping Party NYC. 
   This little expose is responsible for a lot of the buzz on miracle fruit.  I wish I could have been there.

2. What’s a subject without a wikipedia entry? Nonexistant.


3. Places to buy berries, tablets, and granules. Oh my! thinkgeek, ebay, miraclefruitman, miraclefruit.co.uk


4. Huge hit in Japan. Cafe’s serving up desserts w/ less than 100 calories to be
    used with the miracle fruit. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/nov/25/japan.foodanddrink

5. Flavor tripping parties galore.  Check out or sign up for flavor tripping parties in your area:

   http://www.thrillist.com/new-york/2008/10/05/miracle-fruit-parties   http://flavortripping.wordpress.com/

6.  NPR Coverage (audio) on the miracle fruit.  Interview with Adam Leith Gollner.
     Listen Here


November 21, 2008

Flavor Tripping Party Heard ‘Round the World

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An earlier post included a link to the New York Times article covering the famous Queens, NY flavor tripping party.  Here’s the video:


Flavor Tripping Recipes

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Lately, I’ve been scouring the net and asking people some of their weirdest combinations of foods to try with the miracle fruit.  So far, I haven’t gotten anything too off the wall.  One person suggested mixing hot sauce, balsamic vinegar, spicy mustard, and lemon juice.  Another supplied me with a recipe for cupcakes made with grapefruit and lime juice (no sugar).  

 

If anyone has any suggestions, theories, or recipes they’ve tried out, feel free to e-mail themiraclefruitblog@gmail.com.

November 17, 2008

Miracle Fruit featured on CBS show The Doctors

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The Doctors segment mentioning miracle fruit.  If this hits Oprah, then you’ll soon find miracle fruit for sale at a chain grocery store.  Then Flavor Tripping Day.

Media Coverage of Miracle Fruit

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I’m assuming that miracle fruit fever will hit shortly.  It probably has already.  Local news coverage of the miracle fruit, miraculin, and flavor tripping have been coming up a lot lately.  They all open with a brief explanation of the miracle fruit’s origin, and miraculin’s effects on the taste buds.  Then they show clips of various people marveling over how sweet lemons taste.  One thing I’d like to see would be people trying bizarre concoctions: tabasco, vinegar, key lime smoothies. 

Here’s another video of S. Florida news coverage.  I have yet to see
coverage that doesn’t feature Curtis Mozie.  The man is getting so much
attention…and making so much money.
http://www.local10.com/video/17951670/

November 8, 2008

The Miracle Fruit Man, Curtis Mozie

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If you’ve been lucky enough to get a hold of miracle fruit berries (not the readily-available tablets), chances are you purchased them from Curtis Mozie.  For about 12 years, Mozie has been growing and developing the miracle fruit.  His farm in Ft. Lauderdale, FL is, quite possibly, the only location in the US with an intent of producing a commercial volume of miracle fruit.  
The flavor tripping party featured by the New York Times has proved to be, ahem, fruitful for Curtis Mozie.  He was a guest at the party because he was the host’s supplier.  With all the buzz generated by the New York Times, Adam Gollner, author of The Fruit Hunters, and the word of mouth from anyone hosting or attending flavor tripping parties, it’s no wonder why the demand for the miracle fruit has skyrocketed.
At the moment, berries from Curtis Mozie’s farm are on backorder.  Orders are taking from 2 to 4 weeks to deliver; sometimes longer.  Miracle fruit berries are $3 each with a minimum order of 30, and shipping and handling of $35. 

Visit Mozie’s site at miraclefruitman.com

November 4, 2008

Fruit Hunters author, Adam Leith Gollner, on the miracle fruit.

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The Fruit Hunters: Adam Leith Gollner

Adam Gollner is hugely responsible for spreading the word on the miracle fruit.  If you haven’t checked out his book, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce, and Obsession, then do so.  Although it’s about a lot more than the miracle fruit, there is a chapter devoted to the interesting history behind it.

Insane! The Miracle Fruit has to be tasted to be believed.

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Miracle Berry directions

  1. Pop berry in mouth
  2. Eat
  3. Next eat something sour (like a lemon)
  4. It tastes extremely sweet!
  5. Freak out and experiment more

Synsepalum dulcificum is known by many different names: the miracle
fruit, magic berry, miracle berry, flavor berry…and if I had my way, the wacky,
wonderful, magical weird berry-thing.  If you haven’t heard much about
it, you will soon.  Many big cities are hosting parties revolving solely
around this tiny red berry and it’s effects on taste buds.

The berry contains a glycoprotein called miraculin.  It binds to the tongue’s taste buds.  From there, it changes the taste of bitter and sour foods to sweet.  The effects can last from 20 minutes to 2 hours.

Lemons have been said to taste like lemonade candy.  Goat cheese has been said to taste like frosting.  Apple cider vinegar like juicy juice.  Guinness like a chocolate shake.  And wines, sadly, have been said to taste like Manischewitz wine.

So far, most news I’ve checked out has to do recreational uses for it: called flavor tripping parties.  A bunch of people get together, eat the berries, and then gorge on acidic foods and drinks.  Sounds like fun, just be careful.  Some people have overdone it with the acidic foods and gotten oral ulcers.

However, there are some interesting implications of miracle fruit for diabetics and chemo patients.  For diabetics, in dieting and controlling cravings for sweets.  For chemo patients, it helps do away with the metallic taste in foods, a nasty side effect of chemo.

You’re definitely going to see and hear a lot more about this potent little fruit. 

Check out the wikipedia entry for more info or this nytimes article that put the spotlight on the, then, little known fruit flavor tripping parties.

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