At West Village tearoom Té Company, chef Frederico Ribeiro dried persimmons using a traditional Asian preservation technique. This year’s crop of 200 hachiyas were hung in neat rows on the ceiling, ...

The fruit yields a slow pleasure of rich, almost floral flesh. By Tejal Rao If you’re very lucky in Los Angeles, you have a big, gnarled persimmon tree just within reach, full of fat orange fruit in ...

SHIKA, Japan >> The production of koro-gaki specialty dried persimmons is reaching its peak in Shika, Ishikawa prefecture. Producer Yoshitsugu Yamazui’s processing shed was partially destroyed by the ...

Shinsegae Department Store is unveiling an ultra-premium dried persimmon lineup for the Lunar New Year. Shinsegae Department Store announced on the 4th that it will sell “Eunpungjunsi,” known as the ...

Peeled persimmons are hung from eaves to dry at a farmer's house in Gangneung, a town in South Korea's northeastern province of Gangwon, on Nov. 12, 2025. Dried persimmons, called "gotgam" in Korean, ...

Dried persimmons A public auction for dried persimmons is under way in the southeastern county of Hamyang on Dec. 8, 2025, in this photo released by the Hamyang County Office. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) ...

While Rachel Yang was growing up in Korea, her family ended meals with sujeonggwa, a dried persimmon tea. “I can still remember the sweet and spicy aroma that would fill up the kitchen whenever my ...