MANDARINS are Different Things - Comparing Clementines, Tangerines & Satsumas- Weird Fruit Explorer

MANDARINS are Different Things - Comparing Clementines, Tangerines & Satsumas- Weird Fruit Explorer
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[rigues]

In Brazil we have small mandarins (popularly called Mexerica, pretty easy to peel) and large varieties, larger than an orange, called Ponkan or Dekopon. One of my favourite juices is a blend of Persian Lime (I have a tree on my front yard) and Mandarin. Delicious!

[wildtame]

I miss tangerines. I haven't seen them in stores for some time. There are usually the clementines with various brand names.

[maconovercast]

I’m so glad I found your channel! It’s insanely informative and I really like how you produce your content. It’s so fun to watch. Love learning about different fruits!

[Kat-jpiy]

"it tastes like Sunny-D without the chemicals" 😂

[OsirusHandle]

We get a cultivar in our supermarket that has like, almost 5mm of pith. They were soo easy to peel and the pith tasted good too.

[phishermonjon]

I was just drinking a jaritos mandarin a couple of days ago which I hadn't had since I was a kid and was wondering what is the difference between a mandarin and a tangerine was? Great timing with the video 😊

[discordia]

Great chart at 0:40
Would love a link to the original.

[ZachariasEnislidis]

I love your content, a homage to biodiversity and the blessing of nature having us being able to taste all those fruits and vegetables.

[inazonitobe]

I appreciate you making this video. A friend of mind tried to call all of these the same and I went on a massive explanation tryna clarify why that bothered me. This video showing the graph of just how many different types and mixed breeds there is pretty much narrow down why I'm bothered by someone not seeing how amazing they really are.

[palarious]

In Ft. Walton Beach, Fl, my Korean aunt had a citrus tree with the most sour mandarin ever. It was so good! It had warhead levels of sour, with a delightful level of sweet and citrus. Wish I could grow it here in Northeast Texas.

[viccasaur]

Wait a minute… my dad has had a satsuma tree all this time? We always just called it a tangerine because they were pretty big, but what stands out about them is that the peels were always so easy to remove.

[JRNurse]

Great video! I planted a Satsuma when I was home for Christmas. Then we had snow in the FL panhandle! I was so worried, but we covered it with a large box and it survived!

[zaz]

In my experience, satsumas' flavor varies a lot with growing conditions and the sour/sweet ratio varies a lot with time of harvest. The best satsumas trounce any other orange, but you never know how they'll taste until you open them up!

[ericlivingston]

When I was researching mandarin plants to buy and grow I found out there is more than one Satsuma. The most widely grown one is the Owari Satsuma. A lot of people like the Miho satsuma more. The Gold Nugget you reviewed seems to be on a lot of people's list on one of the best mandarins as well.

[Tsuchimursu]

Satsumas are the best mandarins. Easy to eat and a nice fresh flavour, you can just eat a whole bag straight.
Might be related to me loving pomelo, pomelo is the best citrus for and if it's what you cross to get a satsuma... it makes sense :)

[jmelande]

I had a satsuma in my yard for a while, but got tired of it after several years of disappointingly low yield and lackluster boring fruit. Not worth my efforts. It was grafted to a trifoliate orange rootstock to dwarf it, so perhaps that was the problem. Either way, replaced it with a finger lime with beautiful pink flesh and haven't regretted the swap.

[friedabacon]

I came here looking for a mandarin comparison test because I recently got a bag from Aldi that tasted odd. They were like canned mandarins without any added sugar— kind of a flat and watered-down flavor. After watching your video I think I have identified them as satsumas. Overall, my favorites are the “cuties” (Clementines). It’s often hard to know what you’re getting because chain stores put proprietary names on the fruits. Thanks for the great video!

[brendanrandle]

in Australia the "imperial mandarin" is the most common it looks and peels like the Satsuma in the video

[tss]

This video was so helpful! I was today many years old when I found out mandarin isn’t one type of fruit.

[RolloTonéBrownTown]

The thing is there are always a few really hard to peel ones in any bag of "E-Z" peel fruits. And they are ostensibly all the same variety. Anyway, this video was just terrific and helped me spot the differences in a family of citrus that many people probably assume is all the same fruit.