Achacha

Achacha and Fruit Logistica 2012

Administrator — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:21:00 +0000

Achacha had a great time in Berlin in February this year – take a quick trip through this event with us.

Lock up your Achachas!

Administrator — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:47:15 +0000

Last Friday, 2 March 2012, late at night, thieves forced entry to a large and popular fruit retailer in Sydney’s west. Approximately 90 boxes of Achachas – the store’s complete stock – were stolen. Nothing else was taken. Police are investigating.

This is a terrible crime and no joke! Clearly those involved have good taste! Admittedly we’ve hardly been discouraging, check out how the pros do it in The Chase.

End of season winners!

Administrator — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 22:55:02 +0000

We made a final draw for all of you who have help with locations from the ‘Where to Buy’ Page’ on this website. The final winner was picked out by culinary master and Achacha enthusiast, Jared Ingersoll.

Congratulations to Jess who spotted the fruit on John Street, Lidcombe.

Cotton Duck/Achacha Dinner 29.02.2012

Administrator — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:11:48 +0000

Last night marked the very first Achacha dinner showing the versatility of the fruit. It was a booked out, sit-down, risk taking, seat-of-your-pants, adventurous meal prepared by Jared Ingersoll and his team from Cotton Duck Restaurant.

From the Achacha Martini Cocktail, the entrée, main courses, through to the final punctuation mark, Achacha Curd with Achacha Honey Meringue and Fruit Salad Sage Sherbert, it was a wonderful food journey full of new taste sensations.

We would highly recommend you scurry along to 50 Holt Street, Surry Hills, while some of these dishes are still on the menu. www.danksstreetdepot.com.au

Our gratitude to Anne Warr for the photos.

Latest winners!

Administrator — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:03:22 +0000

This season’s last Facebook Friend’s 5 kilo box was drawn by Paula at Greenwich IGA. The lucky person is Natasha Johnson! Natasha could you kindly contact info@achacha.com.au with your mailing address please. Thanks to all who entered over the past months and we look forward to hearing from you all again next Achacha season.

Fruit Logistica – an overview

Administrator — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:44:48 +0000

Fruit Logistica, held annually in Berlin, is an enormous event – the biggest of its kind. It not only is the premiere event for global fresh produce specialists to network but also showcases the latest products available on the global market.

This year we were privileged to be nominated for the innovation award – as mentioned earlier we also had an incredible amount of interest and received a gong from the audience voters.

Juanita Gaglio has just completed an overview of the event, including a mention of the Achacha.

How to Achacha?

Administrator — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:38:55 +0000

Two great articles were written over the last week on using and cooking with Achacha.

The first in the Age, on the 7th of Februrary by Robin Powell, proves Melbourne is a fan of the fruit. Thanks Melbourne!!

The second in the Sydney Morning Herald’s Good Living, on the 14th by Gail Thomas, explains five ways to use the fruit – apart from eating it out of the skin!

And the winner…

Administrator — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:27:25 +0000

Fruit Logistica, the world’s largest fruit fair, is held annually in Berlin. With over 2,400 exhibitors, 56,000 trade visitors and kilometers of exhibition space, the event is quite mind blowing.

This year Achacha entered the acclaimed ‘Innovation Award’, which was set up to showcase innovation in the industry including anything related to fruit, from product to packaging.

We were excited to make it to the final ten, which was already an achievement. Other entries included; the first seedless pepper, sweet quince peel, new salad packaging, a purple broccoli, a sorbet machine, a ripened green tomato and a ‘social salad network’. Making the final ten gave us great exposure, particularly on radio and television across Europe – and we had no trouble creating a spectacle of the ‘pierce and pop’ fun way of opening the fruit. People were also interested to know is it low in sugar, the skin makes a great aftershave, smokers love it as a breath freshener, chefs use it as a pallet cleanser and other things, retailers are impressed by its long shelf life and the skin makes a nutritious, refreshing drink. So all but the seed it used.

Oh – and Achacha made it to the top 3!

Achacha end of January prize winners

Administrator — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:08:04 +0000

The last day of January brings us to the Achacha end of month draw. As
Danny, assisted by Joanna, from Bondi Road Fruitologist pulled out two names
we thought it only fair to celebrate the last day of the first month of 2012
with two prize winners: one goes to you Sasha Hickerson and another for you
Megan Rapp. Bravo and enjoy your Achachas. Please contact us via the web
site, thank you.

Australia Day Achacha Winner

Administrator — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:53:49 +0000

Maria Martelli, with the help of Phillip, from Martelli’s Fruit Market, Cherrybrook assisted in drawing the winner of the Oz Day 5 kilo box of Achachas. Congratulations to Lizz Robb! Lizz informs us that she has become a big Achacha fan since being introduced to it at Baroque Bistro in The Rocks, Sydney. Martelli’s, past winners of the SMH Fruit Shop of the Year, have beautiful fruit markets in Cherrybrook, Rouse Hill and Epping, and have been excellent Achacha supporters since the outset. Thank you Martelli’s!