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Lychees $9.90/kg @Coles

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BrainSand on 19/12/2017 - 09:36 shop.coles.com.au (1233 clicks)

I like lychees, and lychees are on sale. That is all.

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  • Dice on 19/12/2017 - 09:40
    +1

    What's the normal price?

    • TomGum on 19/12/2017 - 09:43
      +3

      Normally they are 19.90

    • coprocessor8087 on 19/12/2017 - 09:43

      Saw it selling 18.99 before at Coles. Local fruit shop is 14.99, but average quality.

    • cloudy on 19/12/2017 - 12:22
      -3

      Like all fruit depends on quality. Good ones are worth more, bad ones worth less.

      I don’t even see the point of fresh fruit and veggies deals on Ozbargain, it all depends on quality and that is something that cant be judged, so price is meaningless.

      • skinnywombat on 19/12/2017 - 14:00
        +7

        Yes, everything is meaningless. But I think you'll still find the word 'meaningless' is in the dictionary. Merry Christmas!

      • jasecutler on 19/12/2017 - 14:23
        +7

        You must be fun at parties.

        • The Informer on 19/12/2017 - 16:17
          +1

          Party pooper

        • cloudy on 19/12/2017 - 21:14

          Didn’t realise bargains were a popularity contest

        • jasecutler on 20/12/2017 - 17:47

          @cloudy:

          Bargains is not a popularity contest, neither is it about engaging in a philosophical discussion about the concept of price.

          You're thinking too much about this: it's a deal on lychees.

        • cloudy on 20/12/2017 - 18:51

          @jasecutler:

          it really is not a deal, unless they are the small seed variety. Otherwise it is easily priced similarly in every market you step into. That is why this is not a confirmed slam dunk deal as the votes on this seem to imply.

          I applied the same concept on the Giant Cherry sized mangos from Aldi at a dollar each. Quality matters.

  • coprocessor8087 on 19/12/2017 - 09:40

    How's the quality? Small seed and super sweet ??

    • BrainSand on 19/12/2017 - 09:46
      +13

      Usually the Coles lychees are hit and miss, mostly miss and I prefer the ones from Aldi.
      But this week they have been amazing, really sweet and small seeds and they don't stick to the skin making them easy to peel.

      • Archi on 19/12/2017 - 09:50

        if the seeds get to the size of a peppercorn then you that's really good.

      • jasecutler on 20/12/2017 - 17:48

        (profanity) love lychees.

    • ireadtermsofuse on 19/12/2017 - 16:00

      Small, yum and full of…..

      • kickling on 20/12/2017 - 09:13

        … fructose?

  • castaway on 19/12/2017 - 09:41
    +5

    Its same price at Aldi for 1-2 weeks already :)
    I love Lychee too

    • nubzy on 19/12/2017 - 09:43

      I saw this same price at Woolies the other day, down from $14.

      I bought them at Aldi in the 500gb box @ $10 k/g but they don't taste as nice as the ones at woolies, and some of them had mould growing on them.

  • Archi on 19/12/2017 - 09:42

    there are many varieties of lychees..

    unfortunately the ones at coles and woollies are hardly that great

    • TomGum on 19/12/2017 - 09:43

      In what way?

      • Archi on 19/12/2017 - 09:48
        +3

        usually small to medium fruit and large seeds..

        if you go to the markets or Asian grocers.. they have different varieties that sell between $8 - $14/kg and they are medium to large size fruit with small seeds and very sweet.

        when I say small sometimes they can be the size of a peppercorn

        http://www.australianlychee.com.au/about-lychees/varieties

        when I was young my sister and will eat kilos of the stuff and compete who would get the smallest seed. we have on occasion had seeds so small its almost not existent

        • LordSydney on 19/12/2017 - 13:14

          Ones with larger seeds are often sweeter & juicier.

        • AroundAustralia on 19/12/2017 - 13:23
          +2

          @cityofsydney: quite the opposite, sweeter ones have smaller seeds

        • Munki on 19/12/2017 - 13:41

          @cityofsydney: This is absolutely untrue.

        • kickling on 20/12/2017 - 09:15
          +1

          Agree. I had Aldi ones last night. Seeds as big as kalamata olives.

          Still tasty. But it's like paying for meat per kg but having a huge bone that adds to the weight, the value isn't very good.

        • Archi on 20/12/2017 - 09:28

          @kickling:
          its the same for most tropical fruit…

          you can get small seeds for fruits like longan, rambutans, mangoes, jackfruit, durian, mangosteen, persimmon, even dragon fruit you can get varities that have less seeds and is so sweet its like eating a lump of sugar

  • allenrong88 on 19/12/2017 - 09:45

    Nationalwide?

    • doweyy on 19/12/2017 - 09:46

      Yep, the link says national so it’s a nationwide special.

    • hogwarts on 19/12/2017 - 09:56
      +9

      10c/kg cheaper.

      • pandas on 19/12/2017 - 13:22

        plus the time and effort for getting to a Aldi as opposed to Coles.

        • hogwarts on 19/12/2017 - 13:24
          +1

          …and being able to get discounted e-gift cards to pay / no credit card fees and waiting in line.

        • pandas on 19/12/2017 - 13:54

          @hogwarts:

          that line……

        • tighterarse on 19/12/2017 - 16:28
          +1

          @hogwarts:
          …and free plastic bags.

  • Hinee on 19/12/2017 - 09:48
    +6

    Lychees are the greatest thing to ever grow from this fine earth. 10 butts is a bargain

    • MustResistPurchase on 19/12/2017 - 09:51
      +3

      Imagine what you could do with those 10 butts if you saved them.

    • WillyWinky on 19/12/2017 - 09:51
      +1

      I don't want to know what you plan on doing with those 10 butts, but make sure you peel those lychees first

    • mathew42 on 19/12/2017 - 10:03
      +1

      I respectfully disagree, durian is the king of fruits.

    • Trishool on 19/12/2017 - 10:08

      10 butts is only a bargain if you like them and they're free. Otherwise the lychees at $9.99/Kg would be a good runner up.

    • ilikeit on 19/12/2017 - 10:24
      +3

      Rambutans are where it's at.

    • CacheHunter on 19/12/2017 - 10:47
      +2

      Second greatest IMHO. The prize for best has to go to Rambutan. I just wish that there was somewhere I could get in Sydney while they are still fresh. The supermarkets have them from time to time, but they're usually overpriced and starting to age.

      • Frugal on 19/12/2017 - 10:55
        +1

        You gotta go to the Asian markets. You'll find them there. Saw some in Coles but they looked pitiful.

        • CacheHunter on 19/12/2017 - 10:57

          Any suggestions for around the Sydney CBD? I'm near world square and keep an eye on the grocers around Chinatown, Thaitown etc, but must have looked at the wrong time of year.

        • Archi on 19/12/2017 - 11:53

          @newdad:
          just go to paddy markets.

          best is Vietnamese markets, in marickville, bankstown and cabramatta

        • Frugal on 19/12/2017 - 13:30

          @Archi:

          Yup the paddy markets. use your ozbargaining skills and haggle for a few dollars less…

      • Xastros on 19/12/2017 - 11:53
        +2

        The wood from the seed sticking to the flesh when you eat them ruins it IMO.

    • skywards on 19/12/2017 - 12:52
      +4

      Wait until you try mangosteen.

      • djprima on 19/12/2017 - 15:44

        this! they're bloody expensive here

        • Archi on 19/12/2017 - 16:10

          about $10/kg

  • loveitorleaveitmofo on 19/12/2017 - 09:49
    +1

    I like you ;)

    • hogwarts on 19/12/2017 - 13:26

      Username checks out

  • Hunry on 19/12/2017 - 09:54
    +4

    +1 for description

  • blergmonkeys on 19/12/2017 - 09:55
    +2

    Come live in Cairns. $4.99 at the local farmer's markets right now. So much tasty fruit!

    • 00 on 19/12/2017 - 10:00
      +3

      and sweat it out with that bloody humidity!

    • antman on 19/12/2017 - 10:05
      +2

      Ahh, so much good and cheap tropical fruit around there! Nice memories.

    • dbui8743 on 19/12/2017 - 10:06

      spend a summer in VN. Lychee is like 50 cent a kilo there =)

      • blergmonkeys on 19/12/2017 - 10:15

        So are the girls…!

        too far?

        I'm sorry, I'll let myself out…

        • Munki on 19/12/2017 - 13:44

          Sorry, they only take Dong there.

    • anastasiastarz on 19/12/2017 - 11:50

      Spiders come in different colors…

  • Russ on 19/12/2017 - 10:12
    +3

    Be very careful if giving lychees to children, it was recently discovered they are slightly poisonous and can kill children:
    http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-02/lychee-identified-as-c…

    Quote: "For more than two decades, apparently healthy children in the Indian region of Bihar suffered sudden seizures and lost consciousness. A third of them died, leaving doctors baffled.

    But a team of American and Indian scientists say they have found the cause of the mystery illness, which killed more than 100 children a year: eating too many lychees on an empty stomach."

    • hippyhippy on 19/12/2017 - 10:24
      +9

      These kids are eating a massive amount yearly… If your kids are eating that much here.. You have too much money

      • Russ on 19/12/2017 - 11:34

        It isn't how much they eat in a year, it's how much they eat in a short time. How much and how short a time are not defined in the article, and the article infers that it varies from person to person.

        I'm worried that somebody will discover their toddler likes the taste, and will give a largish quantity to the toddler. For a toddler, with maybe one-tenth the body mass of an adult, a "largish quantity" could be quite small.

        • eskylidder on 19/12/2017 - 13:22

          that's reasonable

        • DaWeizOne on 19/12/2017 - 13:56

          I know what you mean Russ. My toddlers would eat a kilo, if I let them.

    • Trishool on 19/12/2017 - 10:29

      The quality control in India is going to be different to Australia. Also, are the Lychees at Coles being imported from India or elsewhere, or are they Australian grown? Also everything in moderation is generally fine.

      • Russ on 19/12/2017 - 15:06

        It's not a quality problem, all lychees in all countries have this problem. So do some other fruits related to the lychee.

    • bargain_knight on 19/12/2017 - 10:31

      Your quote is out of context. The article says this:
      "young children frequently spend their day eating lychees in the surrounding orchards; many return home in the evening uninterested in eating a meal"

      "To guard against the illness, the researchers recommended minimising lychee consumption and making sure children had an evening meal."

      So the children are eating nothing but lychees for two months. That would be the reason for their illnesses.

      • Russ on 19/12/2017 - 10:56
        +1

        So the children are eating nothing but lychees for two months.

        The article does NOT say that. You are exaggerating.

        Your quote is out of context.

        While I could have quoted the entire article, most people have a TL;DR response to long posts. I quoted enough to get at-risk people to read the article.

        In retrospect, I should have said ".. and can kill children if eaten in large quantities." But how much is too much?

        • bargain_knight on 19/12/2017 - 11:24

          "Parents in affected villages report that during May and June, young children frequently spend their day eating lychees in the surrounding orchards; many return home in the evening uninterested in eating a meal," the researchers wrote….

        • Russ on 19/12/2017 - 11:29

          @bargain_knight:

          To me "frequently" means "less than half of the time". It is indeterminate, but it doesn't mean "all of the time", which is the essence of what you said.

    • eDust on 19/12/2017 - 10:55
      +2

      It's not about quality, lychees have hypoglycin whicih is bad for children.

      Another article, same thing, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-38831240

      • Russ on 19/12/2017 - 11:07

        From the article, "which contained hypoglycin, a toxin that prevents the body from making glucose."

        Wouldn't this make is a problem for diabetics, who may take their regular dose of insulin, which could be too much in this situation? Strange that there is no warning for diabetics.

        • eDust on 19/12/2017 - 11:27
          +1

          You'd have to ask a diabetic if they already know what food to avoid. I believe the point of the article is that we didn't know it affected children at all.

        • skywards on 19/12/2017 - 12:54

          Well when you are eating that amount of glucose rich fruits.

        • Russ on 19/12/2017 - 15:08

          @skywards:
          It's the opposite of what you said. Lychees make your blood glucose go down, not up.

    • vr4indian on 19/12/2017 - 11:07
      +1

      Thanks for good informative info.

  • khing on 19/12/2017 - 10:16
    +1

    I like your description OP, that's all.

  • sistermay on 19/12/2017 - 10:29
    +15

    If you believe in Chinese ying and yang stuff, my mum always warns us don't overeat Lychees because they are "heat" type of food and can tip the balance of your body's ying and yang and that's why people suffer from stomach wrangling type of pain from eating too much of it without eating other "cool" type of food to balance it out, just saying! :P

    • MeesusEff on 19/12/2017 - 11:15
      +1

      No durian + beer as well!

    • Russ on 19/12/2017 - 11:23

      What is "cool" food? Sweet?

      • anastasiastarz on 19/12/2017 - 11:51

        I want to know too, but I have a inkling it's just like salad and stuff…

        • Archi on 19/12/2017 - 11:57
          +1

          watermelon is considered cool

        • Frugal on 19/12/2017 - 13:37

          @Archi:

          Yea mum and dad told me bittermelon is cool food. It ain't cool for my tastebuds.

      • sprsl on 19/12/2017 - 11:58
        +1

        I generally learnt it as foods that keep you hydrated or encourages good digestion, stuff like steamed greens, watermelon, broth, and lemons

    • skywards on 19/12/2017 - 12:55

      Don't overeat on mangoes either.

  • ricodbn on 19/12/2017 - 10:32

    Went down to Australia Fair Coles - The $10 ones were terrible. They did have 400g prepacks which looked really good - $8 though.

  • gud2cu on 19/12/2017 - 10:38

    Got some @ $9.99/kg at Woolies on the weekend.

  • Shikha966 on 19/12/2017 - 10:42

    I paid the same price at Woolworths Casula yesterday. Save further 5% by using gift cards purchased at discount. 😂

  • su27km on 19/12/2017 - 11:29

    i think Harris Farm selling it for $9, and started last week

  • RtN on 19/12/2017 - 11:34

    How much in Cabramatta?

    • Shikha966 on 19/12/2017 - 11:47

      Check yourself and let us know.

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