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Crispy Honey Kumquat - Lunar New Year

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nofspeppers:
So its Lunar New Year and if you make your way to your local Chinatown or Asian grocery store you will most likely find the Crispy Honey Kumquats. Really interesting kumquat as its mostly sweet juicy pith and very little pulp globules. It's seedless and I was getting brix readings between 17 and 20! Very sweet and delicious with a hint of acid. I bought a pound ($16.99 here in nyc) which was 11 fruit. I remember someone posting about them here before so just thought I'd let everyone know they're available since I don't think they sell them outside of the Lunar New Year.


Here's some info I found online about them:
"Cuimi (脆蜜金柑 = Cui Mi Jin Gan = “Crispy Honey Kumquat”). Meiwa-type kumquat with large, sweet, juicy fruit and few or no seeds. Origin: Guangxi University, Liuzhou Fruit Production Office, and Guangxi Rongan Fruit Production Station, Guangxi, China, by H.G. Lan, Z.E. Tang, et al. Huapi kumquat (Fortunella crassifolia) bud mutation, initially selected 2007, finally selected 2014. Chinese MARA PBR CNA20150497.9; 1 Sept. 2017. Fruit: obovoid to spheroid, fruit shape index 1.1; large, length 44 mm, diameter 40 mm, 20.5 g on average, largest 35.6 g; rind golden yellow to orange-red, smooth, with very few oil cells, thickness 1.25 mm; texture crisp, juicy; juice content 56.9%; flavor strong, sweet, 16.46 ºBrix, TA 0.18%, TSS/TA 131.4; vitamin C content 21.05 mg/100 g; no pungent spicy taste; quality excellent; seeds 0.2, nearly seedless; ripens late November to mid-December in Guangxi; stores well. Tree: height 3-5 m; leaves obovate, dark green; yield high, stable, precocious; highly resistant to Huanglongbing, citrus canker (Xanthomonas axonopodis), and drought."

https://journals.ashs.org/hortsci/view/journals/hortsci/57/9/article-p1174.xml

sc4001992:
Wow, they are big fruits. You actually measured brix higher than what they say, that's really nice.

How do you compare the taste to the Meiwa kumquat?

Thanks for posting this info and photos. I will be looking for it on sale online and at the Asian markets.

sc4001992:
I was looking to see where they might sell some fruits now, here's what I ended up finding on the tree.

https://mamasnowcooks.com/gardening/the-life-of-my-honey-crisp-kumquat-tree/

So, it does sound like this online store/supplier in the article is a fraud so don't trees from them. I think someone already posted that they had issues with this source.

nofspeppers:
The flavor is similar to Meiwa without the fruit pulp. There’s almost no acid in these things. I just can’t get over how juicy they are even though it’s just all pith and skin. Had a few more and measured one at 21.5 which is the highest I’ve ever gotten from any fruit, let alone citrus. If you google Asian grocery store you’re probably going to have good luck with the results.

I think finding a tree in the states will be very difficult because they’re originally from China and citrus importing is so strict, especially from there

Stephiebby:
We found some at Enson Market in Miami last weekend. They really are fantastic and worth searching for!

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