5 tips on how to choose only the most juicy, sweet and fragrant strawberries this summer

In this article, I have compiled five tips that I use myself when I go to the market for strawberries. They allow you to choose the best berry taste that will not disappoint you.

The first sign that summer has finally arrived - is the appearance of strawberries on the shelves. For me personally, this is a moment of joy since childhood, when you open the fridge and see on the shelf fresh and fragrant strawberries. This berry - a great snack and a delicious dessert, we need only add a little whipped cream.

In this article I want to share my knowledge on how to choose the sweetest strawberries and not make a mistake in this case.

Just I want to warn you that I am not a scientist, breeder and even a farmer. I am a simple consumer who is very fond of strawberries and buys it in the season almost every day. Everything said below is based solely on my observations and experience. Therefore, if you have anything to add to this article, I will only be happy.

Perfect Strawberry, in my opinion - is a berry, which combined a pleasant smell and a sweet taste. This is the distinctive features of ripe strawberries.

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If you disrupt the berries ripened, it will be hard and tasteless. If overexpose, it will lose flavor. Therefore, we must learn to choose something in between.

So, here are five basic criteria that you should pay attention when choosing a strawberry.

1. aroma

Sign of good strawberries - a sweet fragrance. To me more than once there were cases when I came on the market is not for the strawberries, but its flavor is so attracted me that I could not resist and bought.

Feel free to sniff. If there is no smell of strawberries or it is weak, you know, this is not the best choice. Perhaps we should look elsewhere.

2. Colour

Important to know: strawberries did not ripen after being harvested. This means that if the berry has white and green spots, they do not disappear - they will have to cut. Such strawberries will never be the same juicy and sweet, like a light red berry.

When buying strawberries, pay attention to the color and the presence of white and green spots.

3. The size

I once heard a theory that strawberries "born" with a certain number of units of taste. And the more it becomes, the more of these units consumed. It follows that the biggest strawberry is not the most tasty.

I have no scientific evidence to prove it. But judging by my own observations, this theory has a right to exist. Typically, the average size of a strawberry on the flavoring qualities superior to larger brethren.

4. Location seeds

And yet another theory, which introduced me to the seller on the market a few days ago, so I have not yet had enough time to test it. I am telling for informational purposes only.

The further away from each other grains of strawberries and the more recessed deep into the berry the sweeter.

Try it the next time you purchase strawberries pay attention to this factor. Write in the comments if this theory is the same as the reality.

5. Taste

All the methods described above, give us a suggestion about what is strawberries, but we can not be 100% sure of the quality of the purchased product. The only reliable test that can tell us about the strawberries all - is its taste. If possible, try berries, before buy it, then no doubt will remain.

These were my five tips that I use when choosing a strawberry. What kind of selection methods are in your arsenal? Share them in the comments.