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Freeze-dried Miracle Berry vs Miracle Berry Tablet
Miracle berries also come as tablets. Are they the same thing? Over two days, three of us tried both with the same foods, to compare how well they work, how intense they feel and how long they last.
Two ways to try the miracle berry
Not a lot of people know there is more than one way to experience the miracle berry. Our freeze-dried berries are the actual fruit, but there is also a tablet form, made from miracle berries and said to have a similar effect.
So are they practically the same thing? Or do they differ, and if so, how? To find out, I ran a little experiment.
How we tested
I tested the two separately over two days, using exactly the same foods both times: the freeze-dried berries on the first day, the tablets on the second. Then we compared them on three things: how well each worked, how intense the effect felt and how long it lasted.
I didn't do this alone. Two more people joined me, for a second and a third opinion.
The foods were fruits like lemon, grapefruit, kiwi, oranges and strawberries, plus sour tape candies. We also included something that isn't sour at all, cooked ham, just to see what would happen.
The foods we tried
Lemon
Grapefruit
Kiwi- Oranges
Strawberries
Sour tape candies
Cooked ham
Our method
- 1 Day one: the freeze‑dried berries.
- 2 Day two: the tablets, with exactly the same foods.
- 3 Three of us compared how well each worked, how intense it felt and how long it lasted.
Same foods,two days,three tasters.
How well they worked
Taste varies from person to person, but our findings were more or less unanimous. With sour food, we found the berries and the tablets equally effective: for all three of us, both made sour flavours taste sweet.
How intense it felt
With sour food, the two felt just as intense. The difference showed up with the food that wasn't sour, and it's why we all found the fruit's effect a little more intense.
After the tablet, the cooked ham simply tasted bland to us. After the fruit, the texture came forward instead: the ham felt like a gelatinous piece that quickly melted into flavourless goo. Strange, but memorable.
How long it lasted
This was trickier, because how long the effect lasts also varies from person to person.
After the tablet, two of us noticed the effect for about half an hour and the third for about 45 minutes. After the fruit, all three of us noticed it for about an hour and a half, and one of us still tasted a little of it for another hour on top of that.
These are our own timings, from one small, informal test. Yours may well be different.
Keep a clocknearby.
What we found
| Freeze-dried berries | Miracle berry tablets | |
|---|---|---|
| With sour food | Equally effective and just as intense: for all three of us, both made sour flavours taste sweet. | |
| With cooked ham, which isn’t sour | A little more intense: the texture came forward, and the ham melted into flavourless goo. | The ham simply tasted bland. |
| How long we noticed it | About an hour and a half for all three of us; one of us still tasted a little of it for another hour. | About half an hour for two of us, about 45 minutes for the third. |
Both workedsimilarly well.
Try it yourself
Curious to run your own test? Take 2–3 freeze-dried halves, chew them gently and let them linger for about 30 seconds, discarding any pit. Then reach for a lemon, and keep a clock nearby.
