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Japanese Passion Fruit

Name: Japanese Passion Fruit
Brand: Fruit Plug
SKU: FP-FRT-japanese-passion-fruit
Price: 90.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

Passiflora edulis (Japanese cultivar)·Kagoshima, Japan

£90.00

In stockOut of season — Jun – Sep

Passion fruit family Sweet Tart Floral Tropical Perfumed

The Japanese cultivar runs larger, pulpier and markedly sweeter than the South American passion fruit most people know. Less tart, more dessert — Kagoshima growers select for a balance that reads as gift-grade rather than market-stall. Same intoxicating perfume, half the acidity.

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About japanese passion fruit

The Japanese passion fruit is a Kagoshima-grown selection of Passiflora edulis, bred and graded for sweetness, scale and aromatic depth. Compared to the standard purple passion fruit grown in South America, the Japanese cultivar runs larger, pulpier and significantly sweeter.

The trade-off is acidity. Where standard passion fruit is sharply tart, the Japanese cultivar dials the acid back and pushes the floral perfume forward, which makes it eat closer to a dessert than a flavour-base. The seeds are crunchy and edible, exactly as in the wild type, and the pulp colour is a slightly deeper amber-orange.

Eat at room temperature for full perfume — chilling mutes the aromatics. Halve crosswise, scoop with a teaspoon. Best treated as a finished course rather than blended out, but it does work in a cocktail when you want passion-fruit aroma without the sour bite.