Mandarin.

A mandarin is a small, flattened orange with a thin skin that comes away from the fruit easily. You can peel one with your thumbs, split it into segments and eat it standing at the kitchen counter. The flesh is juicy and sweet with a light sharpness, and the peel smells strongly of citrus as soon as you break it. That ease is the whole appeal. It's the fruit people put in a lunch box or leave in a bowl for whoever walks past.

Like all citrus, a mandarin doesn't ripen any further after picking. What you get on the day is what it will taste like, so choose fruit that feels heavy for its size with skin that has no soft spots.

Ways to use it

• Peel and eat the segments as they are, chilled or at room temperature.
• Add segments to a green salad or a Thai-style fruit salad with a little salt and chilli.
• Squeeze the juice into a dressing for grilled chicken or a light vinaigrette.
• Grate a little of the washed peel over a cake batter or a bowl of yogurt.

Storing it

A cool spot out of the sun is fine for a few days. For longer, put the fruit in the fridge, loose, with room for air to move. Wash the skin under running water just before you peel, since your fingers carry anything on the peel onto the fruit.

Where it comes from

Grown to certified organic standards. The certificate for each lot is shown when you trace your pack.

Every pack will carry a lot code. Enter it on the Trace your pack page and you will see the farms in that lot, the harvest date and the certificate.