Nuts

Mission

B tier

Mission is a traditional California hard-shell almond with a darker skin tone and a deeper, sometimes slightly more intense kernel flavour than the mildest paper-shell types. It has long been steered toward manufacturing, chocolate, and roasted applications where colour and robust nuttiness help more than pale blanching perfection. Hard shells protect well in the field; once shelled, Mission kernels are workhorses for chop, grind, and confection inclusions. The name echoes older California orchard history rather than a Spanish Marcona identity. Expect a firmer culinary personality—excellent in toffee, dark chocolate, and hearty cookies, less ideal when a pure white marzipan colour is mandatory unless carefully blanched and sorted. Fresh Mission should still taste sweet, not bitter or stale. Roast to emphasise its character; use raw when you want a stronger skin-on presence in meals. Mission is heritage California utility, not a soft gourmet round. Store cool and respect the oil. When recipes want “stronger almond,” Mission-type stock often delivers.