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Eriobotrya japonica·Japan / southern China
Also known as: biwa, Japanese plum
Apricot-gold fruit that only appears for a few weeks in late spring. Tastes somewhere between peach, mango and pear, with a clean floral edge and a juice content that overwhelms the small fruit it's hidden inside. Bruises if you look at it the wrong way — selected from gift-grade growers.
Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) — known in Japan as biwa — is a small apricot-gold fruit native to southern China and cultivated as a gift-grade premium fruit across Japan. It fruits in late spring, with a window of just four to six weeks before the season ends.
The flavour reads as a cross between peach, mango and pear, with a clean floral edge and a soft acidity that keeps it from becoming cloying. Inside each fruit are 2–4 large brown seeds (not eaten); around them sits a juicy, slightly fibrous flesh that bruises so easily that supermarket-grade loquat is essentially unobtainable in the UK. We source from Japanese gift-grade growers.
Eat at room temperature, ideally within 48 hours of arrival. Wash gently, halve, pop the seeds out, eat the flesh. Pair with chilled cream, with a slice of brioche, or eaten as a stand-alone seasonal fruit course.
Mango season, dragon-fruit drops, and the occasional secret box. No spam.
Drops, restocks, and the occasional weird fruit.
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