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I finally bit the bullet and spent $20 on a bag of mangosteens. They're the most delicious fruit I've ever had. Tastes like loquat and mango mixed together.
As someone who lives in the Mangosteen capital of the Philippines, I can tell you why your mangosteen is cracked and dented. It was harvested at approximately 2-3 days ago via shaking the tree, a common practice to easily harvest tons of them in Asian countries where fancy harvesting machines aren't common. When they hit the ground, they will have dents like that. And after 2-3 days, their white flesh inside that was bruised from falling will turn brown like that one that you ate. Mangosteen that was harvested using sungkit (long pole with a basket at the tip) will have no bruising even after 2-3 days and will taste better. By the way, to open the fruit without a knife, just pull the calyx (the stem with leaf-life structure at the top of the fruit). It will leave a hole where you can put your two thumbs inside and then gently pull the rind apart. It will open like an egg.
I finally got to try mangosteen for the first time and I absolutely love them! I loved the juiciness and the flavor reminded me of kiwi. I'm glad I finally got to try it.
I recently ate this in Mexico, bought it compulsively without knowing what it was! The vendor told me it was great and it was! I never did figure out what it was, until now. Thank you so much
Just found some at Whole Foods here in California. Hard shells but the segments inside seemed good. Watery, sweet, mild pleasant flavor.. One of the fruits had 2 seeds, which I'll try to sprout.
One of my present favs. Planted three plants in coorg, India. The weather here is moisty with heavy rain during monsoon. Some leaves wilted because of too much sun I think but the plants r alive and in good condition . Made some more saplings from seeds. Growing .
5:00 am Somalia...you just won yourself a dedicated new subscriber...my kids start watching your vids now...i can grow these fruit trees fast enough... Loool
They used to serve this on the ships I was on in the Navy whenever the ship resupplied while it was in SE Asia (Singapore, Thailand, etc). I never knew what they were called until now, though, because every time I'd ask the cooks what they were, they'd just shrug & say they didn't know... Which is appropriate, since it gave us mystery fruit to go with the mystery meat, lol.
Just found some at my local Asian market and was so delighted I ate the center's out of three and tore up the Rinds and brewed it like a tea by the suggestion of a local customer who was shopping there. The fruit was absolutely delicious and juicy just like you described and the tea brewed from the Rind was pretty powerful and had a bitter Edge to it. I actually think there might be caffeine in there as it seemed like I was getting a little jumpy even. Gonna sip that tea slowly... pretty bitter. Also found lychee and some odd new melons. Thank you for opening up the produce departments of these awesome stores 😀
Finally saw some at the grocery store! They're small, about the size of a Ping Pong ball. Looking forward to trying them for the first time! They are hard right now so I hope they aren't overripe. Store had Atemoya once too, almost bought it but didn't take the plunge. Saw your video on it next day and they haven't had them since :(
Update: It was hard to tell but they were all juuust ripe. Super tasty and unique, fun to eat! Only had one big seed across three fruits. Taste was a nice, strong, almost citrusy grape flavour with an almost pineapple-mango aftertaste!
I just went to our local Asian super store Ling Mei's (I think that's the name) and found a bag of these. I thought it was only $4.99 for the bag and I didn't realize but they would be over $10 once I checked out. The de was per pound. Sneaky. I wouldn't have bought them otherwise and I'm so glad I didn't realize because they are absolutely delicious. The first one I had actually was the only rotten one in my bunch, but I ate the rotten fruit anyway and it was delicious. So I fell in love with the first one that wasn't even properly edible. The rest have been great and you really can just squeeze the shell and the whole thing will come open. Easily one of my favorite fruits of all time. I'd be interested in figuring out how to brew up the shells into a tea. But it's the beginning of August and this is the first time I've ever seen them in the Asian market so people should go out and check now. As soon as I bit into it I immediately thought of you and knew I had to come and find your review! I'm like you and I don't think they taste really like anything else but my first thought was lychee.
The mangosteen is the Queen of Fruit because it's usually in season together with Durian, the King of Fruit. (Back when durians used to only have 1-2 season/year)
Weird Explorer Could have been a little over ripe, but I still enjoyed it, I bought some yellow dragon fruit and a sugar Apple that I'm excited to try to. :)
In SE Asia right now. Ive had the so-called juice flavor before as a kid...NOT THE SAME. This tastes like the juice of best tropical fruit salad you've ever had, but cloudy texture. Incredible!
I'm actually just eating this for the first time today in China, I immediately recognized the predominant flavour as something I'd had before, and after a few minutes of thinking I realized they taste like very sweet rhubarb without the bitterness, or at least the ones I have do. The texture is sort of like frozen-then-unthawed strawberries...
The last time I found one of these in California they were only available frozen. I tried one and it tasted like a mild lychee with orange and blueberry with a hint of banana.
My brain jump to lychee to but it really is a flavor all of its own. I didn't really get any notes of blueberry or orange or banana. I'd say it's really sweet but I guess it does have a tiny bit of sour edge. It's one of the best fruits I've ever had.
what you say about the fruit inside being useless isn't true. it's also full of fiber, which is what makes fruit good for you despite the high sugar content of most fruits. but what you said about the purple part being much more beneficial is definitely true.
I can't find any fresh ones, but I've found mangosteen juice and candy for sale. The juice is truly divine, so light and refreshing. Truly the queen of fruits!
"Good stuff " FOR SURE! these are one of my top ten fruits ever. Shock to find out no nutrition at all. you have the skins and ill take the segments. Btw, banned in hotels in Thailand. great vid✌👌🙌
I just tried my first mangosteen and they do taste similar to the green grapes we get in Australia, definitely not like the traditional grape flavor you get in candy or grape drink
Just tried my first mangosteen here in Australia. Just discovered we grow them here. Can't say I agree with your assessment. I found them incredibly sweet, as in too sweet, like candy. Also didn't like the texture, kind of slimy.
I love this fruit, I always make sure when I travel to South East Asia to travel during the Mangosteen season. They've only just recently started showing up in my country but usually are hard shelled.
They're like $25 per KG here... Compared to like 50cents per KG in Asia... I'd say they're kinda like Rambutan or Lychee had sex with a mango.... Like the taste of lychee but the texture of mango.
Open them by imagining "I "heart" Mangosteen" - Take mangosteen, hold it base facing- up. Make the "heart/love" sign around it; both index fingers (support/underneath) and both thumbs (pressure/above). Press down (with equal pressure) on center of base with both thumbs. When you feel it "give," it will split, then pull apart along the split.
The only way that I have seen these available here in Ca, is either canned, juiced, or frozen whole. I want to try them, but something tells me that I risk a bad first experience with the frozen.
Jared Rydelek Thanks! I will try that.. Something in the back of my mind has thus far kept me from purchasing the frozen ones, glad to know after all these years I still have some instincts that I can trust :) And believe me, I do scour the Asian markets every chance that I get. thanks again for the input,
I just had a mangosteen for the first time and had to comment! I accidentally bit into the skin and that was rly gross… But I’d say the texture is like a softer lychee and the taste is like the way orange soda tastes
+Brad Malone Yes! Just head down to chinatown and check the asian super markets. I'm pretty sure i've seen them there. They aren't always available, but when they are in season they usually will sell them in a mesh bag for like $8 or so.
I bought one when I went in China, it was ridiculously overpriced, but I had no choice as we were on a guided tour and that was now or never.... And it was rotten inside :( So I never tasted that fruit, I have no clue where in Canada I could get that one...
zech Russell that's pretty far from weird fruit...Interesting, but I'm pretty sure the side effects would keep him from making a video of it...but he's more than smart enough not to try stupid ideas 😁
oh man... tough choice. I think I'd have to say cherimoya just because I have had so many mangosteens in my life that cherimoya is more of a rarity for me.
Just tried them for the first time and I had a very mild experience too. I bought a bag of Mangosteens at Costco (California) a few days ago, cultivated in Mexico. MUCH milder than I expected, and I did not experience any grape flavors either. Kind of gelatinous like longans to me, or at least where the fruit meets the seed, it adheres to the seed similarly to how longan flesh adheres to its seed.
In India 🇮🇳 ( states Maharashtra, Kerala and Karnataka) have juices of these rinds and have it as a refreshment in summer. It has an ORAC antioxidant profile of 60,000.
in indonesia, it called manggis.. the purple flesh and the skin are very high antioksidan..very good for our health. people juice the purple part and sometimes they dry them.
Nice video, but I heard you say at one point that mangosteens are not nutritious - this is totally incorrect. Mangosteens are nutritional powerhouses - of particular interest are chemicals called xanthones - over 40 different types in a mangosteen fruit - responsible for many health benefits, antioxidant, & anti-aging effects. They are also high in vitamin C & potassium.
I finally bit the bullet and spent $20 on a bag of mangosteens. They're the most delicious fruit I've ever had. Tastes like loquat and mango mixed together.
You gave me an idea on how to spend my moneys.
It's way over priced
I disagree - I think it tastes like strawberry, banana and elderberry flowers, together.
the price of this fruit in my country is around $3-$4/kg. If you are interested I will send it from Indonesia
@@junigearx7452 It has medicinal value so it's not overpriced.
My favorite fruit in the world! Easy to find in Hawaii.
As someone who lives in the Mangosteen capital of the Philippines, I can tell you why your mangosteen is cracked and dented. It was harvested at approximately 2-3 days ago via shaking the tree, a common practice to easily harvest tons of them in Asian countries where fancy harvesting machines aren't common. When they hit the ground, they will have dents like that. And after 2-3 days, their white flesh inside that was bruised from falling will turn brown like that one that you ate. Mangosteen that was harvested using sungkit (long pole with a basket at the tip) will have no bruising even after 2-3 days and will taste better.
By the way, to open the fruit without a knife, just pull the calyx (the stem with leaf-life structure at the top of the fruit). It will leave a hole where you can put your two thumbs inside and then gently pull the rind apart. It will open like an egg.
where is that capital i need mangosteen trees
@@klm20079 In Davao, the fruit bowl capital of Philippines.
You can solve that problem by eating more mangosteens.. eventually you'll have a purple shirt.
I finally got to try mangosteen for the first time and I absolutely love them! I loved the juiciness and the flavor reminded me of kiwi. I'm glad I finally got to try it.
I recently ate this in Mexico, bought it compulsively without knowing what it was! The vendor told me it was great and it was! I never did figure out what it was, until now. Thank you so much
Just found some at Whole Foods here in California. Hard shells but the segments inside seemed good. Watery, sweet, mild pleasant flavor.. One of the fruits had 2 seeds, which I'll try to sprout.
whole foods in what city!!! and what time of year was it
ive had the juice and someone described it as "it tastes like jelly beans"
One of my present favs. Planted three plants in coorg, India. The weather here is moisty with heavy rain during monsoon. Some leaves wilted because of too much sun I think but the plants r alive and in good condition . Made some more saplings from seeds. Growing .
The ones i tried tasted strongly of sweet tangerine with a pleasant cantaloupe like flavor. Really enjoyed it.
Yeah it is one of the best
With so many people saying that they are their "favorite", I am going to look for them and give them a taste. Interesting. Next...
They are heaven!
@@ChloemayxOx so true
They're good, but kinda expensive
Yes, idk what the cost are, my Thailand friends give them to me ❤️
Guess they taste good? Next...
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No one cares.
@@jasonthompson318 no one is an incorrect statement
....i can positively identify 8 different unique peoples that care very much
@@jasonthompson318 you are a dick
@@nabadon2853 Yes I am, somalia is disgusting. Again, I repeat. No one cares.
@@jasonthompson318 ummm... Okay...how do you know that Somalia is disgusting... Have you had the pleasure of visiting...
They used to serve this on the ships I was on in the Navy whenever the ship resupplied while it was in SE Asia (Singapore, Thailand, etc). I never knew what they were called until now, though, because every time I'd ask the cooks what they were, they'd just shrug & say they didn't know... Which is appropriate, since it gave us mystery fruit to go with the mystery meat, lol.
Just found some at my local Asian market and was so delighted I ate the center's out of three and tore up the Rinds and brewed it like a tea by the suggestion of a local customer who was shopping there. The fruit was absolutely delicious and juicy just like you described and the tea brewed from the Rind was pretty powerful and had a bitter Edge to it. I actually think there might be caffeine in there as it seemed like I was getting a little jumpy even. Gonna sip that tea slowly... pretty bitter. Also found lychee and some odd new melons. Thank you for opening up the produce departments of these awesome stores 😀
Holy shit, I had no idea you've been doing these this long... Love your new videos and now I have to dig through your older ones
its been... 6 years now. :o
Finally saw some at the grocery store! They're small, about the size of a Ping Pong ball. Looking forward to trying them for the first time! They are hard right now so I hope they aren't overripe.
Store had Atemoya once too, almost bought it but didn't take the plunge. Saw your video on it next day and they haven't had them since :(
Update: It was hard to tell but they were all juuust ripe. Super tasty and unique, fun to eat! Only had one big seed across three fruits.
Taste was a nice, strong, almost citrusy grape flavour with an almost pineapple-mango aftertaste!
the price of this fruit in my country is around $3-$4/kg. If you are interested I will send it from Indonesia
I just went to our local Asian super store Ling Mei's (I think that's the name) and found a bag of these. I thought it was only $4.99 for the bag and I didn't realize but they would be over $10 once I checked out. The de was per pound. Sneaky. I wouldn't have bought them otherwise and I'm so glad I didn't realize because they are absolutely delicious. The first one I had actually was the only rotten one in my bunch, but I ate the rotten fruit anyway and it was delicious. So I fell in love with the first one that wasn't even properly edible. The rest have been great and you really can just squeeze the shell and the whole thing will come open. Easily one of my favorite fruits of all time. I'd be interested in figuring out how to brew up the shells into a tea. But it's the beginning of August and this is the first time I've ever seen them in the Asian market so people should go out and check now. As soon as I bit into it I immediately thought of you and knew I had to come and find your review! I'm like you and I don't think they taste really like anything else but my first thought was lychee.
The mangosteen is the Queen of Fruit because it's usually in season together with Durian, the King of Fruit. (Back when durians used to only have 1-2 season/year)
Yeah, I thought so too. But in Singapore, they are getting harder to find. The durian stalls don't always stock them anymore.
the price of this fruit in my country is around $3-$4/kg. If you are interested I will send it from Indonesia
Just tried one, I found them mildly sweet, a little tart with a bit of a metallic taste. I wasn't expecting the texture, very slimy and wet.
Glad you had a chance to try it. Did you like it? Sounds like yours may have been a bit overripe.
Weird Explorer Could have been a little over ripe, but I still enjoyed it, I bought some yellow dragon fruit and a sugar Apple that I'm excited to try to. :)
In SE Asia right now. Ive had the so-called juice flavor before as a kid...NOT THE SAME. This tastes like the juice of best tropical fruit salad you've ever had, but cloudy texture. Incredible!
I'm actually just eating this for the first time today in China, I immediately recognized the predominant flavour as something I'd had before, and after a few minutes of thinking I realized they taste like very sweet rhubarb without the bitterness, or at least the ones I have do. The texture is sort of like frozen-then-unthawed strawberries...
FRUIT GUY! Today I went to my local Asian market and they had mangosteens, longans, AND lychee. They were pretty much ripe, too.
It was glorious 🍑
woo! nice haul
I ordered some of this fruit online, is it ok and ripe for this time of the year?
I had to come back to this video. I found some at an Asian market. These are wonderful! My 4 year old son loves them.... so do I.
The last time I found one of these in California they were only available frozen. I tried one and it tasted like a mild lychee with orange and blueberry with a hint of banana.
Interesting
My brain jump to lychee to but it really is a flavor all of its own. I didn't really get any notes of blueberry or orange or banana. I'd say it's really sweet but I guess it does have a tiny bit of sour edge. It's one of the best fruits I've ever had.
Yes banana
I ate a lot of them，the funny thing is I can't remember the taste of them。。。。。
what you say about the fruit inside being useless isn't true. it's also full of fiber, which is what makes fruit good for you despite the high sugar content of most fruits. but what you said about the purple part being much more beneficial is definitely true.
every plant contains fiber, its just that mangosteen just has an absurd amount of carbs.
We called it "manggis" over here
mangosteen derive from. manggis actually.. the british cannot pronounce 'manggis' hence they called it mangosteen
I can't find any fresh ones, but I've found mangosteen juice and candy for sale. The juice is truly divine, so light and refreshing. Truly the queen of fruits!
"Good stuff " FOR SURE! these are one of my top ten fruits ever. Shock to find out no nutrition at all. you have the skins and ill take the segments. Btw, banned in hotels in Thailand. great vid✌👌🙌
+David Hann In Malaysia I saw some places ban it in hotels too (along with durian and cempedak). Its because the rinds can stain.
Just recently had my first one and it is now my favorite fruit, despite me having 2 or 3 of 6 that were bad
FINALLY got a chance to try one of these! Quite good, even if I am pretty sure I had a sub-prime example of the fruit.
I would describe the flavor similar to a Lynchee. Like if you would combine a Lychee and a tangerine.
Pretty good description. I also found them ridiculously sweet.
the price of this fruit in my country is around $3-$4/kg. If you are interested I will send it from Indonesia
I just tried my first mangosteen and they do taste similar to the green grapes we get in Australia, definitely not like the traditional grape flavor you get in candy or grape drink
Just tried my first mangosteen here in Australia. Just discovered we grow them here. Can't say I agree with your assessment. I found them incredibly sweet, as in too sweet, like candy. Also didn't like the texture, kind of slimy.
Like the syrup of a tropical fruit salad, right?? I LOVE... But they are extremely sweet, yes
I love this fruit, I always make sure when I travel to South East Asia to travel during the Mangosteen season.
They've only just recently started showing up in my country but usually are hard shelled.
+subculturenz Yeah they have only been allowed in the USA for about 10 years I think. Glad to hear you can get them now.
They're like $25 per KG here... Compared to like 50cents per KG in Asia...
I'd say they're kinda like Rambutan or Lychee had sex with a mango.... Like the taste of lychee but the texture of mango.
I ordered some online, will they be ripe or?
it reminds me of "jaboticaba" another weird fruit, very commmon in Brazil
Found some at Wal-Mart in Arkansas today. They are amazing!
damn it.. this is my favourite fruit.. my mouth is watering..
They're good for you in the way that they are delicious.
Open them by imagining "I "heart" Mangosteen" - Take mangosteen, hold it base facing- up. Make the "heart/love" sign around it; both index fingers (support/underneath) and both thumbs (pressure/above). Press down (with equal pressure) on center of base with both thumbs. When you feel it "give," it will split, then pull apart along the split.
That’s how I was taught to open them in Bali
And if the juice gets on a white shirt, you'll never get it off. Still one of my favourite fruits though :)
Shareen Ho i,nj
The best way to tell if it is ripe is to be able to see yellow spots in its skin. I think the yellow spots are saps coming out of the fruit.
My favorite fruit!
Do we have this fruit in Kenya really??
I wish we had or if we hv I wish I knew where they are😪
My favourite fruit
So many people say this is their favorite fruit. I’m dying to have one. They aren’t easy to come by up in Minnesota.
The queen of fruit!
They are quite slimy in texture similar to the banana, to me taste is similar to strawberry but not with smell, smell is more like grapes. 😋🍓🍇🍌
The only way that I have seen these available here in Ca, is either canned, juiced, or frozen whole. I want to try them, but something tells me that I risk a bad first experience with the frozen.
hold out for fresh ones, there is no comparison. I would look up when they are in season and then scour chinese markets for them. You'll find them!
Jared Rydelek
Thanks! I will try that.. Something in the back of my mind has thus far kept me from purchasing the frozen ones, glad to know after all these years I still have some instincts that I can trust :) And believe me, I do scour the Asian markets every chance that I get. thanks again for the input,
Make a tea of the rind, very beneficial.
For me it taste like a combination of soursop and sandor fruit.. it also look like sandor fruit but a little glossy and differ in color..
Ahhhhhhh it's a mangosteen
I went from st.martin to surinam for a vacation by my english aunt and she has a mangosteen tree in here yard and you just have to climb the tree
I thought they're called the queen of fruit because they are in season along sides the Durian
DividedByZero which you can also find in stores right now
I just had a mangosteen for the first time and had to comment! I accidentally bit into the skin and that was rly gross…
But I’d say the texture is like a softer lychee and the taste is like the way orange soda tastes
Mangosteen so delicious, you can easy see it in VietNam :)
Hey I live in Boston do you know if I can get mangosteen here? thank you!
+Brad Malone Yes! Just head down to chinatown and check the asian super markets. I'm pretty sure i've seen them there. They aren't always available, but when they are in season they usually will sell them in a mesh bag for like $8 or so.
The rind is processed as a medicinal supplement...
Just bought mangosteen here in Philippines 80pesos/kilo, that is $1.49/2.2lb😁
They are about 3.77usd now in Malaysia per kilo
Tastes like Rambutan crossed with Achacha.
I bought one when I went in China, it was ridiculously overpriced, but I had no choice as we were on a guided tour and that was now or never.... And it was rotten inside :( So I never tasted that fruit, I have no clue where in Canada I could get that one...
Rayman plums.
I'd compare the texture to peaches
Do you think you'll review Hawaiian baby Woodrose seeds... maybe not your style but I'd like to see your reaction.
zech Russell that's pretty far from weird fruit...Interesting, but I'm pretty sure the side effects would keep him from making a video of it...but he's more than smart enough not to try stupid ideas 😁
Does anyone know what song he used?
LOL, so it's like candy.
You never tested that fruit ?!
The ones I had I thought tasted like the ripest red grapes
Mangosteen!!! IMy FAVORITE fruit! Haha. :)
They are way up there on my list too :)
Which fruit do you think tastes better: Cherimoya or Mangosteen?
oh man... tough choice. I think I'd have to say cherimoya just because I have had so many mangosteens in my life that cherimoya is more of a rarity for me.
If you find top quality mangosteen, it taste sweet and sour with a unique aroma and flavor. So far, they were my favorite fruit.
You can tell by the stem color, quality mangosteen have some sort of slightly dark green.
I saw them in Canada for the first time last month. I didn't try them because they were $6 dollars for 3.
Holly shit too expensive
Holly shit too expensive
tastes like a less acidic orange to me
i ate it
they taste like violets smell (violets are flowers)
someone help is it effective when it comes to losing weight
Getrude Wambui grapefruit for losing weight
Around 4:20 seconds he talks about it
Now mangosteen in Thailand is very cheap 3$ = 3kg
Maybe I had a bad one but it tasted like blood. Sort of irony.
Hey Jazz.. start the video from 02:26..
Guess who saw the *whole* Video XD
Just tried them for the first time and I had a very mild experience too. I bought a bag of Mangosteens at Costco (California) a few days ago, cultivated in Mexico. MUCH milder than I expected, and I did not experience any grape flavors either. Kind of gelatinous like longans to me, or at least where the fruit meets the seed, it adheres to the seed similarly to how longan flesh adheres to its seed.
In India 🇮🇳 ( states Maharashtra, Kerala and Karnataka) have juices of these rinds and have it as a refreshment in summer. It has an ORAC antioxidant profile of 60,000.
squeeze the ball to open without knife
Its so goddamn sweet🤤🤤almost like candy
How can you say mangosteen is bad for you on the contary very healthy eat fruit folks.
watch my more recent review on it. this video is ancient 😄
How can you say the flesh of a mangosteen is bad for you ,cmon.
Illegal ?! Really ?!! Oh my God it make me pissed
If has any marks on you should not eat it.
in indonesia, it called manggis.. the purple flesh and the skin are very high antioksidan..very good for our health. people juice the purple part and sometimes they dry them.
Thanks. Yeah I may track down the purple juice at some point and see what its like.
Nice video, but I heard you say at one point that mangosteens are not nutritious - this is totally incorrect.
Mangosteens are nutritional powerhouses - of particular interest are chemicals called xanthones - over 40 different types in a mangosteen fruit - responsible for many health benefits, antioxidant, & anti-aging effects. They are also high in vitamin C & potassium.
ur cute expression
Love the topic, but damn this guy is the most annoying presenter in the world.
My very favorite fruit ... Always worth the money and if they're hard, saw away patiently. Most times, the fruit inside is still good.
MANGOSTEENS are my most FAVORITE food perioddddddd! I love fruit feasting on them!