About one week ago I had my first ever Carambola fruit smoothie and I was blown away by the great taste. Amazingly, the quality of the taste is superior to just eating it out of hand, at least this has been my experience. Before, I got more fruit from my Carambola trees than I knew what to do with, but this is no longer the case, now I've gotta have a frequent Carambola smoothie fix. And, it can't be any simpler, just cut the fruit in sections, remove the seeds, put the fruit pieces in the blender with some water and voila, a great smoothie. I suspect there's some flavor chemical reaction when Carambola is consumed in this method. I say this because I can taste an 'umame' kind of great flavor that I don't get by just eating the fruit out of hand.