I would like to thank Frank and his mom for hosting the event and Warren, Ashok, Simon for setting up. The event is wonderful as usual and it was wonderful to be in the presence of some of the pioneers in california mangos (Jim, Leo and Rudy).
My favorite top 5 were (in no particular order)
1. Lemon Zest
2. Sweet Tart
3. Leo kiett seedling
4. Fake Kesar (kesar tree sold to me from a florida nursery but the fruit is definitely not kesar)
5. Senorita
Others that are good:
Icecream, real alphonso
They didn't have any ripe coconut cream at the tasting but the coconut cream I just ate would rank up in the top 5 in my opinion. It's so good, my wife forbids me to give any of it away!
I think we did a pretty good job of ripening the mangos this year but it was definitely tough to get more varieties than what we have. I did bring my second to last Irwin I have on my tree but it was too small to split amongst the 22 people there. It was good but it wasn't close to being the top tier in my opinion. It is very pretty though and my gardener asked me for the last Irwin today. I gave it away so he won't ask for my good mangos