These finger limes just keep growing.
There is a second flush of Greens and Rainbows (red).
The season looks good to continue right through to June.
Picking has been delayed a little in the last few weeks from rain , Easter and Anzac day hols and audits for Freshcare and Global Gap.
However that has given the trees a rest from the heavy picking since January.
An awesome year with large shipments to Europe and the start of shipments to Asia,
The local capital city market agent have also been stronger this year.
We have also planted another 4000 trees of a selection of the best sellers.
Long live finger limes!

These finger limes just keep growing.
There is a second flush of Greens and Rainbows (red).
The season looks good to continue right through to June.
Picking has been delayed a little in the last few weeks from rain , Easter and Anzac day hols and audits for Freshcare and Global Gap.
However that has given the trees a rest from the heavy picking since January.
An awesome year with large shipments to Europe and the start of shipments to Asia,
The local capital city market agent have also been stronger this year.
We have also planted another 4000 trees of a selection of the best sellers.
Long live finger limes!

Fingerlimes Fresh will be relaxing and surfing from 18 December to 7th January.
There are several reasons
1. Australia Post cannot guarantee delivery before Xmas or orders
2. All our freight companies are closed for this period for export orders.
3. We want a break
Looking forward to sharing the new year and some great fruit.
Chris + Team

We have started picking fresh fruit on 21/11/2018. The variety was the Tasty Green’
This is the variety featured on the store.
The pink varieties are picked from Mid January to March.
The Emerald green varieties are also picked from Mid January
The fruit is in excellent condition despite a long dry winter (3 months of very little rain).
However our orchard is irrigated and we have plenty of water.
The growing system protects the trees from the hot dry westerlies that come in mid November.

What an awesome season !!!

This season has ranged from early December 2017 to May 2018.
Some varieties (rainbows and tasty green) are still producing in a second flush .
However the trees need to be pruned and prepared for the next season .
We have sold every kg of the 10 tonnes produced to both local markets, export and Ecommerce retail especially top restaurants in Australia.

Fingerlimes Fresh has differentiated from the rest of the producers in that we have invested in pack house and processing facilities as well as nurseries and growing.
We export directly to Europe and Asia.

The development of a room temperature stable fruit bead extract is well advanced and will be released on the market next season.

Plant sales to growers is exceeding expectations.

Thank you every one and we promise an even better next season with double the production from another 4,000 trees and more being planted with exiting new varieties.

The great weather and rain with a dry winter has produced an early start to the season.

We are now picking the large tasty green variety of finger limes and shipping starting second week in December.

The Pink varieties are looking good for first week in January.

The crop looks awesome !!

So what is a fresh fingerlime and how can you recognise it?

Well first it should be able to be snapped like a fresh bean. If it bends and does not snap open releasing the beads then it is not fresh. It may also have been picked after severe heat stress. Temperatures can get as high as 50C in Northern Rivers.
When either cut or snapped open, the beads should begin flowing out spontaneously.
If the fruit is soft and not firm (this may also be at the ends ) it is not fresh
If the ends (tails not stalk end) are soft or discoloured it is not fresh or has been damaged
Fruit the has been frozen and thawed may give all of these issues.
If the fruit is mouldy or leaking beads it has exceeded use by date for sure.

Matcha is a Japanese green tea powder .
Not only does it make a great refreshing hot cold drink/tea it is fantastic with mixed with finger limes as a layer
on a panacotta in a small glass.
We tried panacotta with honey and yogurt plus a matcha jelly layer with finger limes. Divine .
Ice-cream is also an taste sensation secret for both matcha and finger limes.

Finger lImes Fresh has released a new innovation for consumers and serious foodies.
These single use sachet contains 15g of seedless finger lime beads .
Special processing of allows the product to be stored for up to 12 months at normal refrigeration temperatures (5 – 10C).
This processing avoids freezing and thawing- A process that destroys many of the fruit beads and destroys the sharp
tasty zing experienced from a fresh finger lime.
This product has application in Oyster bars, drinks and Fish shops.

Two key issues in Finger lime production are

1. Identifying fruit with blemish or defects.
2. Assessing the maturity and sugar content of the fruit

To address these critical challenges, Finger limes Fresh has developed a customised, computerised grading machine that sorts the finger limes by colour , length, major defects and sugar content (NIR)

The finger limes are sorted by the grader after washing/ scrubbing in 150ppm hypochlorite and then pass through a drying tunnel.

The sorted finger limes may be further waxed and sold as bulk fresh or frozen product in one kilo units.Smaller varieties of finger limes (up to 5cm) are packed in 150g punnets.