In this video we're tasting ST Maui, White Pirie & Step mangoes from Hawaii grown @ Tropical Acres farm in Florida. Do they deserve the title of Best Tasting Hawaiian Mangoes??? at least for us here in South Florida. There are probably many varieties grown in Hawaii that we don't get to taste here but from what we get these 3 were outstanding this year. Mangoes are grown all around the world, and we in Florida are fortunate to get to grow and taste many varieties from different countries and continents. These mangoes might taste completely different from the same variety in their mother country because of South Florida soil and microclimate, or exactly the same - makes it interesting to compare! This series of videos are just that, tasting Mangoes from around the world grown here in South Florida. We will entertain you with tastings of mangoes from Southeast Asia, Egypt, Israel, India, Hawaii and many more - let's see where this journey takes us! Mangoes in this video were purchased from https://www.tropicalacresfarms.com/mangos Disclaimer: We are creating mango tastings for the 2nd year in a row and feel like sharing the same disclaimer because we still see people arguing about taste. Like many things in life that cannot be ever measured in a lab, taste is one of them. It is purely a subjective experience involving one's cultural conditioning. Exposure to certain types of foods during our childhood days, special liking of other types of fruit or candies and finding hints of them in mangoes play very heavy on the type of mangoes one likes or dislikes. Also, the same mango variety grown in different parts of Florida (or the world) will taste different depending on changes in microclimate, annual rainfall, soil health, soil mineral and salt content, fertigation regimen (irrigation+fertilization), etc. so blanket statements about a certain variety's taste aren't welcome. Lastly, mango picked early / not fully mature vs picked at the peak maturity changes how they ripen off of tree; often mangoes picked green, hard & immature eventually change color and look nice but will not get optimal sweetness (brix) or the complexity of flavor that makes mango such a unique and tasty fruit. Please don’t make assumptions about a variety based on your tasting of a mediocre tasting fruit! Try fruit from different places, different microclimates at different stages of ripeness. Music credit: Fredji - Happy Life (Vlog No Copyright Music) ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBljQYr_elQ

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In this video we're tasting quite a rare fruit - unexplainably so, since it grows very well in our South Florida climate - Indian jujube, Ziziphus mauritiana. The fruit from our garden is grown without any irrigation or fertilization regimen, just mulched deeply and never checked upon. The blooms smell surprisingly unpleasant, like sewage, but the taste compares to the best and crunchiest apple varieties! In this video, we're comparing a commercially grown organic apple and our garden-grown jujube fruit. Song: alphabet recorded by us ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sgG3yuHpvQ

In this video we are tasting Lemon Zest, Lemon Meringue, Butter cream and Rosigold varieties of mangoes. Butter cream and Rosigold mangoes were obtained from Zill High Performance Plants nursery in Boynton beach, FL. Lemon Zest and Lemon Meringue mangoes were obtained from Hidden Acres Mango farm in Davie, FL. Disclaimer: We all know that different mango varieties have different flavors; some have a classic mango taste, some have citrusy sweetness, some - tones of peach, some pineapple, some guava, some a cocktail of many tropical fruits and some have floral small and flavor tones, so they cannot compete or be compared. Nor can they be given points like 1-10, as taste is very personal and subjective, varies from person to person, culture to culture. Also, the same mango variety grown in different parts of Florida will taste different depending on changes in microclimate, annual rainfall, soil health, mineral and salt content, fertigation regimen (irrigation+fertilization), etc. Lastly, mango picked early / not fully mature vs picked after maturity changes how they ripen off of tree; often mangoes picked green, hard & immature eventually will change color and look nice but will not get optimal sweetness (brix) or the complexity of flavor that makes mango such a unique and tasty fruit. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHcxVnLAPcA