Granny Smith

Granny Smith apple

tap to taste ↑

Australia, 1868

Discovered by Maria Ann "Granny" Smith as a chance seedling. Firm and famously tart — with a thick skin and dense flesh. The gold standard for baking apples.

The one I thought I already knew. Always in every store, always the same. I expected it to be the most straightforward one on the list. It wasn't.

Alicia:Not as sharp as I expected at first. Then the bitterness shows up — and stays.