Meyer lemon
Citrus x meyeri · Citrus
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The Meyer lemon is a lemon-mandarin hybrid that is rounder and smaller than a common lemon, with thin, smooth, deep egg-yolk-yellow skin tinged faintly orange. Its juice is notably sweeter and far less acidic, and intensely fragrant with a honeyed, floral perfume, which has made it a favourite of chefs and bakers.
Picking a good onedrag
Heavy, fine-skinned, fragrantLight, shrivelled, moulding
Shop firmEveryday bestThe all-rounder: wedges, juice, zest, marinades, anything that wants a squeeze.
HeftHeavy, but hard right through
SkinStill taut, coarser and thicker
Stem endScar dry, a shade sunken and pale
SmellClear lemon oil once scratched
These cues are Lemon's, and hold across its varieties; where this one differs, its own page says so.
What you get from one
53%
Edible part
58 g flesh · peel and pips out
109 g
Weight each
each one
44%
Juice
48 g — about 3 Tbsp
Keeping ittap a temperature
A domestic fridge holds it about 2× longer than the counter.
85–95%
Humidity
Ventilated
Airflow