Started out with some small, brown medlar (top left). They were mild tasting, similar to apple butter with a hint of cinnamon. Then Parfianka pomegranate, which were delicious and gorgeous. The arils really were as deep purple-black as they are here in the photo:
The assortment of fruit was appetizing. I too liked the El Bumpo and Honeyhart cherimoyas the best. But Fortuna tasted good too, and had a very distinctive flavor.
Some of us found ourselves with so much sugary juice dripping down our hands that we had to rinse them off ... more than once!
It was a treat meeting fellow fruit freaks and associating real-world names and faces with TropicalFruitForum handles.
Simon's mix of sugar cane juice and calamansi juice was incredible! (And very popular.) Thanks to Brad's example, I tasted a very special cocktail: Simon's cane juice, Panama Red Passionfruit (picture below), a squeeze of lime, and a splash of rum.
Great stuff -- with a kick to it!
A few of us lucked out with the pineapple, and got to not only sample the fruit, but take a pup home to grow our own!
What's the pineapple variety, Brad? You said it was related to Cayenne.