Java apple (莲雾)

[pinkturtle]

Hi all,

First time eat a java apple, the taste is not very good.  Crunch but little sweet, close to tasteless.  Is it just this variety tasteless or there is a better flavor?

[Tropical Bay Area]

It looks like it could stay on just a bit longer but I heard the white varieties are very sweet. 

[palingkecil]

Hi all,

First time eat a java apple, the taste is not very good.  Crunch but little sweet, close to tasteless.  Is it just this variety tasteless or there is a better flavor?

I have a friend in Cerritos, she has Thai jumbo perfume wax apple that she states as the sweetest wax jambu ever.
The only bad thing is, it took a long time (7 years) to fruit from a grafted tree.
Al, you live pretty close to her, I can ask her if it is okay for you to stop by and see her tree.

[pinkturtle]

Hi all,

First time eat a java apple, the taste is not very good.  Crunch but little sweet, close to tasteless.  Is it just this variety tasteless or there is a better flavor?

I have a friend in Cerritos, she has Thai jumbo perfume wax apple that she states as the sweetest wax jambu ever.
The only bad thing is, it took a long time (7 years) to fruit from a grafted tree.
Al, you live pretty close to her, I can ask her if it is okay for you to stop by and see her tree.

Hi palingkecil,

If that is possible, I would love to.

Thanks,
Al

[shilohtech]

The taste gets way better if they are left on the tree long enough to change to a full red color.

[pinkturtle]

After read more online, there are three type, white which is the one I ate, pink and red.  Red is the sweetest one.

[Tropical Bay Area]

After read more online, there are three type, white which is the one I ate, pink and red.  Red is the sweetest one.

I think the one you ate is a red one. Red ones are like that when they aren’t ripe  . When they turn ripe, they turn red but you picked it early so it isn’t sweet. White jambu is completely white with no pink or red
I hope I cleared things up a bit