durian

Black Gold is the most hyped name in the durian world right now, and most people buying it do not actually know what they are paying for.

A ripe durian is soft custard and a bad one is wet cardboard, and the whole difference is legible from the outside if you know what to read.

Two durians off the same tree can taste like different fruits, and two people eating from the same lobe often describe two different experiences.

Durio zibethinus wears the title “king of fruits” across Southeast Asia, and after years of hauling it back from Thai and Malaysian markets

D101 might be the most beloved durian that almost nobody actually eats. Ask for it at a stall in Johor and you will get a large, golden-fleshed fruit that

Durian’s smell does not politely fade. The same volatile sulfur compounds that make Durio zibethinus reek of onions and gym socks cling to your fingers

People mix up durian and jackfruit constantly, and it is an understandable mistake, since both are big, green, spike-covered tropical fruits that turn

Durian’s reputation is built on a lie its own smell tells. The fruit throws off an odor people compare to onions or old gym socks, then delivers

Durian is not one fruit but a whole genus wearing the same spiky coat. Botanists count around 30 species in the genus Durio, and roughly nine of them bear

The honest answer to where durian grows is a thin belt around the equator, not the sprawling map hopeful gardeners picture. Durio zibethinus is ultra-tropical