Breakfast: 36-8, Sugarloaf, Cac, Sunrise
36-8 is under evaluation by Zills. They had buckets full of them but they weren't for sale. Good fortune got me one to evaluate. And it is good. It is in the coconutty line, smooth, yellow inside, sweet and fiberless. Similar to CC/M4/E4. Relatively small but packing decent punch.
Sugarloaf was previously E-4. I had it in 2015 and it earns a place in my top 10, no average feat. This mango is a juice factory. Mango juice was flying up as I cut into it, even as it was slightly under ripe. I put 36-8 a shade ahead of it but another 6 hours may have made the difference. E-4 is in the ultra fiberless category, even the seed hardly has any fibers. Believe the hype.
Cac is perhaps the finest mango coming out of Vietnam. If there is a better one, I'd love to know what it is. Twice the size of the prior two yet the seed was the same size. Also ultra fibreless, even the opening where we pry seeds open hardly has any fibre. A pure delight to eat. This one was perfectly ripe, firm. Skin a beautiful mottled light orangey brown. Orangey brown on the inside too. I rated it ahead of 36-8 and Sugarloaf. It's that good.
Sunrise this morning was a mottled green and yellow skinned dimpled donut. Oddball shape and color, not its normal look. It had an odd blend of sweet and sour, not a good one. My daughter called it bitter, bad form for a mango. Thus outer appearance fit the inner appeal, I have to say uncharacteristic for Sunrise. It finished breakfast on a sour note but alas, lunch holds perhaps O-15, Sweet Tart, Coconut Cream, Neelam and Orange sherbet.
Cac wins breakfast.