August 13, 2025
It's longan season here in Hawaii, where we are visiting a friend's farm. For those of you who have never tried this amazing fruit, it tastes a bit like grape but is much muskier. One of the many ingredients in our Chinese herbal soups, longan can improve appetite, nourish the blood and spleen, replenish the heart, calm nerves, as well as improve brain power. You can buy the fruit fresh in Chinese supermarkets or dried in herbal pharmacies.