Mangoes 101 + Mango Tastings with Friends, EPISODE 3: Lemon Meringue, Valencia Pride, Pickering, NDM

Описание: Mangoes are our passion, but what fun is it when you don't share them with friends! Continuing our "Mango Tastings with Friends" project and "Mangoes 101" project, for the combined episode 3 of both series we have crossed international boundaries and invited a friend from a distant country where mangoes don't grow 👀👀👀. This was a very special experience for us and taught us something very valuable, that every mango is unique and every taste is unique, and every person has a different reason to love mangoes! Watch for yourself how the whole drama unfolded))

(P.S.: I was trying to lead her really hard in the direction of recognizing citrus in Lemon Meringue, lol, but she was not giving in! 🦹‍♀️ )

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.

We don't think mangoes can be objectively rated from 1 to 10, as many variables play into it, but for the fun of it we have done it in some of our videos.


Music credit: Fredji - Happy Life (Vlog No Copyright Music)