How to choose sugar oranges:
There are both male and female fruits. The male fruits are larger, and the skin is thick and rough. They are difficult to eat. The orange has no taste and juice. The skin of the female orange is very thin, smooth and meaty, and there is a lot of juice when you eat it.
Female orange - there is a small circle on the top of the orange. Pinch it up and down, it's generally soft. Female oranges are generally sweeter.
Male orange - there is a small dot on the top of the orange. Pinch it up and down, it's usually a bit harder. Male oranges are generally slightly sour.
Choose sugar oranges with slightly rough skin, many granular black spots on them, and thin, crispy peels.
Choose sugar oranges whose skins are small and easy to break when peeling.
Shatang Jue was originally produced in Shatang Village, Huangtian Town, Sihui City, hence the name Shatang Jue. The main producing areas are: Lipu (Xiuren Town), Huaiji, Guangning and Sihui. The sugar orange fruit is oblate in shape, with a knob-like protrusion on the top, a sunken umbilical end of the pedicle, an orange-yellow color, and a thin fruit wall that is easy to peel off. Sugar oranges, especially those produced in Huangtian Town, Sihui, are delicious and extremely sweet. They have no residue and have a delicate taste. They are truly a good product. It is rich in vitamin C, calcium and other beneficial substances, as well as calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium and other essential elements for the human body. It has a sweet and sour taste and a cold nature. It has the functions of regulating qi and reducing phlegm, moistening the lungs and clearing the intestines, nourishing blood and strengthening the spleen. .