How to Store Microgreens, and How Long Do They Last?
Cold, dry, unwashed and vented, and basil is the exception. Controlled studies cover about a dozen crops out of sixty-two, and they disagree on the best temperature.
Should You Wash Microgreens? Yes, But Not When You Think
Wash them immediately before eating and never before storing. A plain-water rinse removes half to three quarters of the bacteria, not all of it, and every shelf-life number you have ever read for microgreens silently assumes the crop was never washed.
What Each Microgreen Tastes Like, and What to Put It With
A flavor line for microgreens, crop by crop. Here is one for all 62 crops, and it shows the axis that actually matters is not how peppery a crop is but how much of it you can eat.