Turkish Dried Persimmon (Cennet Hurması) – Natural Sun-Dried Trabzon Fruit, No Added Sugar

Turkish dried persimmon, known as Cennet Hurması, is one of the quiet treasures of Turkey's Black Sea coast. The name translates literally to "heaven's fruit," and the persimmon itself (Diospyros kaki) is strongly tied to the Trabzon region, where it has been grown and dried by hand for generations. According to Turkish food tradition, the fruit travelled the historic Silk Road from East Asia and found a second home in the orchards of Anatolia, with Trabzon becoming its best-known source. What you receive is the whole sun-dried fruit: tan-to-brown, flattened, deeply wrinkled, with the green-brown calyx often still attached and a natural pale bloom of fruit sugar on the surface. That white dusting is not added sugar or any coating — it is the fruit's own sugars rising as it dries, and it is a classic sign of a properly cured persimmon. The texture is soft and chewy, somewhere between a dried fig and a Medjool date, and the flavour is deep, mellow and honey-like with no sourness. The drying is the whole story. Fresh persimmons are picked, peeled and air-dried slowly over several weeks rather than processed with heat or syrup. The result is a fruit that is naturally sweet on its own, with no added sugar, no preservatives and no colourings. We pack it vacuum-sealed to protect the texture and aroma in transit. As a food, dried persimmon is a genuinely nourishing snack. It is a good source of dietary fibre and naturally contains potassium along with minerals such as manganese and copper, plus the plant carotenoids that give the fruit its colour. It is naturally fat-free and cholesterol-free. Like most dried fruit, the sugars are concentrated during drying, so it is satisfying in small handfuls. Ways to enjoy it: eat it as it comes alongside Turkish tea or coffee, slice it into cheese and nut boards, chop it into porridge, yoghurt or baking, or add it to a dried-fruit mix with figs, apricots and walnuts. It is a natural fit for an after-dinner sweet course and for festive tables. Available in 500 g and 1 kg packs. Sourced in Turkey — authentic Turkish dried fruit, the way the Black Sea makes it.