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ELI5: What is the actual difference between a clementine, tangerine, and mandarin?
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I've tried all of them.

Mandarin is basically just a small orange.

Tangerines have a big bump on the top and are extremely tart. Much more sour than normal oranges. It's a good thing. Sometimes one can be nearly as sour as a lemon but extremely sweet at the same time. The skin on tangerines peels away much more easily than an orange.

Clementines are probably the smallest and are usually wider than they are long. Like someone took an extremely small orange and squashed it a bit. Their taste is hard to explain but it reminds me more of a berry mixed with an orange. Their skin also peels away very easily with little effort.