Why our fruit isn’t waxed
31/08/2026
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An orange that shines like a shop window is waxed. It isn’t poison or a trick: it’s what fruit needs when it has to last months. Ours doesn’t need it.
From the fields, in writing
What you ask us by phone and on WhatsApp, answered properly: when each fruit is in season, how to keep it, and why ours doesn’t all look the same.
How to tell whether an orange is any good
31/08/2026
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Colour tells you nothing and neither does size. These are the signs that really separate an orange with juice from one that’s spent months in a cold store.
Oranges in the fridge? Where to really keep them
31/08/2026
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The fridge doesn’t ruin oranges, but it takes something away. When it’s worth using it, when it isn’t, and the spot almost everyone has without realising.
How to keep oranges so they last for weeks
31/08/2026
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Fifteen kilos in the house is a little daunting on day one. Kept properly they last three or four weeks, and it comes down to three things: air, cool and no piling.
What seasonal fruit means, and why it tastes different
30/08/2026
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“Seasonal” has become a claim stuck on everything. This is what it actually means and what changes inside the fruit.
A calendar of Valencian fruit: what there is each month
30/08/2026
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January has mandarins and no persimmons; August has neither. The full calendar of what’s picked in the Ribera, month by month.
When oranges are in season in Valencia
30/08/2026
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Valencian oranges don’t last all year, and the ones sold in August come either from a long way off or from a cold store. This is the real calendar, variety by variety.