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The Drinking Fruit No One Talks About

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Shawn Grows
Feb 03, 2026
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One of the world’s most useful fruits that almost no one outside Asia knows about is the winter melon. Winter melons taste like almost nothing. That’s because they’re 96% water.¹

For centuries, Asian farmers didn’t grow winter melons for flavor. They grew them because you could drink them. The fruit is basically edible water that doesn’t rot.

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