If you haven’t heard of these already, “magic fruit” have taken the world by storm, and I was fortunate enough to try them tonight.
What “magic fruits” essentially do is trick your tastebuds into thinking sour fruits are sweet, and sweet fruits are sweeter. According to a publication at Columbia University on the anomaly, “magic fruit contains a protein called miraculin that seems to attach itself to the sour receptor and acts somehow to neutralize the reaction to sourness.”
After taking a dose of the fruit extract and waited about 15 minutes, I first took a bite into an apple (Washington) and expected something along the lines of a regular apple-eating experience. To my surprise, I could not put the damn thing down. Somehow, the sugars of the fruit magically increased potency, forever changing my take on the term “candy apple.”
The next experimental food was a bottle of Squirt, the lemon soda with a tangy aftertaste. Each sip from already incredible soda felt blasphemous - citrus sodas shouldn’t be allowed to taste so delicious.
Tablet forms of the self-proven fruit can be purchased here; it would be tragic to deny your palette this experience.
