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COURTESY MIAMI FRUIT
COURTESY MIAMI FRUIT
Everybody is keen to style this blue banana, however it’s shockingly exhausting to seek out.
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Photographs of a reasonably, robin’s-egg blue banana have unfold wildly on social media, together with its actual title: Blue Java banana. It’s also referred to as the “ice cream banana” because of its texture. Just like the Pinkglow pineapple, the blue banana is tough to seek out at shops. This uncommon banana has a years-long ready listing at some retailers!
Are blue bananas actual?
Sure, blue bananas are actual—with one caveat. The photographs circulating on Fb are in all probability Photoshopped. Blue Java bananas are a blue-ish inexperienced when unripe, however they ripen to a pale yellow. When peeled, the fruit is white, like common grocery store bananas.
What do blue bananas style like?
Due to its nickname, social media customers unfold the rumor that blue bananas style like vanilla smooth serve. Nonetheless, Miami Fruit, a grower of Blue Java bananas, says the ice cream moniker refers back to the texture of the banana, not the flavour. Ripe Blue Java bananas are thick, creamy and smooth. The flavour has a touch of vanilla, although, and is sweet-tart. Like different bananas and plantains, eat blue bananas solely once they’re ripe: yellow with a smooth banana aroma.
The place can I purchase Blue Java bananas?
Due to photographs on Fb, blue bananas are in demand and tough to seek out. You received’t be capable to discover a bunch within the produce division, although, not even at the most effective grocery shops. If you happen to dwell in the proper local weather, head to a nursery that sells unique vegetation for a Blue Java banana tree. The fruit primarily grows in Southeast Asia however can even develop in balmy Florida. In any other case, search for a good on-line vendor, equivalent to Miami Fruit, that can ship an costly blue banana proper to your door. For one Blue Java banana, anticipate to pay $47. Miami Fruit additionally sells a small field of bananas for $127 and a big field for $177. Don’t anticipate supply anytime quickly, although. The present wait time is about three years.
