Miracle Fruit

The Miracle Berry: A Food Orgy that Tantalizes the Tongue

Shira Levine | Posted 07.16.2008 | Living


Shira Levine

The miracle berry, also known as synsepalum dulcifucum, rewires how your tongue tastes sour foods for roughly an hour. These "tongue trips" are a burgeoning trend in tantalizing tastings.

How Miracle Fruit Will Change Everything You Taste

New York Times | PATRICK FARRELL and KASSIE BRACKEN | Posted 06.05.2008 | Living


The miracle fruit, Synsepalum dulcificum, is native to West Africa and has been known to Westerners since the 18th century. The cause of the reaction ...