# Fresh fruit temperature **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [August 9, 2021, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-fruit-temperature/948343 "2021-08-09T23:38:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-fruit-temperature/948343/1 "2021-08-09T23:38:57Z")
How do you prefer your fresh fruit? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-fruit-temperature/948343/1))_ ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-fruit-temperature/948343/2 "2021-08-10T14:10:42Z")
All melons, raspberries, blueberries, grapes - cold Apples, oranges, tangerines, peaches, nectarines, plums, strawberries, cherries, pears, bananas (of course) - room temperature The room temp fruits seem to have more flavor at that temp than if they’re cold. The cold fruits get kind of mushy if they’re not cold. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-fruit-temperature/948343/3 "2021-08-10T14:43:22Z")
Tomatoes (botanically a fruit) taste better at room temperature. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-fruit-temperature/948343/4 "2021-08-10T14:58:41Z")
I can’t think of any I prefer cold to room temp. Maybe watermelon. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-fruit-temperature/948343/5 "2021-08-10T15:09:01Z")
Depends on the fruit, the weather, and the mood I’m in. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-fruit-temperature/948343/6 "2021-08-10T15:50:27Z")
Personally, I generally like them all cold. Berries, cherries, and grapes usually go into the freezer for consumption frozen, or at least very very cold. I eat them to cool off after working in the yard. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-fruit-temperature/948343/7 "2021-08-10T16:12:25Z")
Room temperature. More flavor. I do refrigerate them after a few days, but they never taste as good. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-fruit-temperature/948343/8 "2021-08-12T14:38:11Z")
Yes. I think just about everything tastes better at some middling temperature. Even fruit that I keep in the fridge I take out and leave sitting around to warm up. I throw bean salad, potato salad and the like in a warm frying pan to take the chill off in summer when they have been refrigerated. I remember that a friend of mine used to insist that the reason that white wine is served chilled is so that you don’t have to taste it.