Thank you Harry for allowing us to come to a tasting at your office. You are a generous host. My family had very little experience with tasting mangoes. My wife’s mother and my mother both grew up in Coral Gables so we have fond memories of eating mangoes at our grandparent’s house. My seven year old daughter loves fruit, but had only eaten store bought mangoes so she would tell you she didn't like mangoes. Harry's office tasting changed that. She tried everything Harry put in front of her. She said they were all good except two, and those two were perfect! Unfortunately she didn't remember which two they were.
My wife liked the Cushman the best. Then she place the Van Dyke second followed by the Valencia Pride third. She wasn't impressed by PPK. It was too sweet for her, and more like candy than eating fruit. She was also not a fan of any resin flavor.
I liked the PPK. It made me stand up and pause the first time I tasted it almost like it slapped me. It was very sweet with a nice citrus flavor. The Cushman was next. The Cushman seems to have a nice balance of sweet with a pineapple acid flavor. The Maha Chanok was third. Harry had a fruit from a Maha Chanok seedling that was just a touch better than the Maha Chanok. Both seemed to have the taste of two mangoes in one bite. It started with a sweet flavor with a little citrus like acid and finished with what I would call a mild but complex resin like flavor.
We had never really had a resinous mango so the Bombay gave me a shock at first bite. It was kind of like a car wreck to me. It started sweet and ended with a very clean pine like resin flavor. The resin flavor was not offensive, but not really appealing either. The thing was so sweet I just kept going back for bite after bite after bite. I just couldn't stop until it was gone, yet I am still not sure I liked it.
There was also one I thought was called Excellent. Correct me if I am wrong Harry, but you said it would have a resin flavor. It kind of tasted like a slightly over ripe papaya.
Overall it was a great and eye opening experience for my family. We were blown away by Harry's hospitality. Thank you Harry for the wonderful tasting fruit.