GREEN SAPOTE - Finally Trying This Delicious & Rare Fruit! (AND "Sapotes" Explained)

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Episode 595: Green Sapote
Scientific Name: Pouteria viridis
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[@WeirdExplorer]

What do you think is the best sapote?

[@bubba_10inch90]

Funny lookin bannana

[@neptunium2378]

not a huge fan of mamey sapote, the flavor is too strong for me. However, I will keep looking for others to try

[@man-xy1cs]

definitely eggfruit, totally not because it's the only "sapote" I've ever had...

[@drpepperr]

I used to get green sapote at the Sunday farmers market in Alhambra, CA.

[@gol0914]

Never had one looks weird

[@Verlisify]

"If you want to make me mad call something a sapote" You can't give your audience this power

[@drwana698]

Lol

[@jeremyh9033]

Eating a persimmon "this is a great sapote"

[@mrminer071166]

We had 3 dozen green sapote trees at our growing area, and I wasn't sure people would like the fruit, so I didn't push them. That's what's so great about having reviews like this that I can post to our group's page. Now people have some testimony that it's A TASTY FRUIT!

[@bradholc]

Selling seeds?

[@gabrielperez-ze9tk]

If you ever decide to ship to NY area... let me know! lol

[@willypie7532]

Also following here out of interested. Seeds would be interesting

[@TuppyMSM]

I never had those weird zany fruits but if he says its tasty, IT IS TASTY!

[@lisaf938]

I would love to try some if you ship them.

[@mariadracona]

I remember when I was a kid, maybe around 8 years old, I used to walk down the neighborhood with my grandmother. We would always stop by this small neighborhood park, where large, brown sapodilla trees would grow and would drop dozens of fruits every summer. We'd sit beneath those trees for hours and feast on the fruits that had dropped, talking about our day, and just spending time together, sometimes in silence, sometimes she'd sing some tunes while we peeled away at the soft, syrupy flesh of the fruit before stuffing it in our mouths until we were so full we had to rest before heading back. I will never forget the delicious, gelatin-like brown-sugar like texture and sweetness of the fruits that I was so addicted to as a child.

[@blackbway]

Are you talking about Nesberries? Growing up in Jamaica, these trees were everywhere. My grandma even had quite a lot growing on various properties that she have in different places. It was my job during summer time to get sack bags and visit as many trees as I can and climb and pick all the fit ones and fill the bags. Then the adults would came later to collect them. We cleaned them and grandma put them to ripe. It was always treasure hunt for me to try and find out where she hides them, because if she doesn't hide them, she wouldn't have any left to sell. If she ever catches any of us stealing her fruits, it's your ass that is going to pay! What I would do though, is take the biggest ones when I am harvesting, and hide them in bushes. When they are ripe I have them all to myself.

[@forevertj]

I would love to see Jared open a restaurant that deals with not only the fruit he loves, but the peppers, the roots, the leaves, any plant product. He could make the best vegetarian restaurant because no one else would have his variety. Imagine being a vegetarian and getting sick of the same things over and over again. With Jared as your chef, that's not going to happen. He could sell his unique ketchups and jams. This guy is a treasure trove of knowledge.

[@TheDsRequiem]

Assuming that nobody else has this knowledge or experience that he has is very very very naive.

[@forevertj]

@@TheDsRequiem It's way more than that. His personality is wonderful. A very positive person.

[@gballs007]

Issue noone else does it is because it's too hard to source 90% of these fruits especially in large enough quantities to use in restaurants

[@capnstewy55]

The mildly pornographic Sapote is clearly the best sapote.

[@meisteremm]

I dunno, it's kind of mushy and for some reason I always hear a saxophone solo whenever I eat one.

[@philliple123]

The word "sapote" sounds like a dirty Animaniacs joke.

[@michaelzarrad7332]

This man and his sapote lmao

[@victoriawilliams2786]

My mouth is watering even though I've never tried those fruits. I love sweet potatoes and sweet potato pie. So I'm sure I'd really enjoy the fruits your showing. Thank-you for sharing!

[@zachb8012]

Should order some online. You'll love it. Sapote are my favorite fruits, blows my mind you cant find any in US grocery stores. I mean, you occasionally see persimmons in the store, so I don't think there's a practical reason. I think the biggest reason is people just don't know them.

[@victoriawilliams2786]

@@zachb8012 Surprisingly in the summer I can sometimes find dragon fruit at Walmart. But that's about the extent of it.

[@victoriawilliams8504]

Just wanted to acknowledge we have the same name! Have a nice day 🙂

[@victoriawilliams2786]

@@victoriawilliams8504 Awesome! I looked on FB years ago (when I used to use it) and there was at least 20 of us! 🤣 I honestly hope you are doing well and content with life. ✌😎🤘

[@Tony-td6wj]

@@victoriawilliams2786 If you ever get the chance to try any sapote, do it. I like to call them "maple syrup fruit"

[@loverlei79]

Wait... so i am getting a full serving of fruit everyday. Thanks coffee!

[@70good91]

Your sponsor segments are always thought out and well woven in such that they feel like part of the episode and I appreciate that

[@andie_pants]

My father-in-law grew up on the Keys and talks fondly about eating sapotes (whichever variety grows there) off the trees.

[@LockPickersSociety]

1) You finally got a proper knife! So proud. 2) your breakaway sponsorship segments are the best I've seen. 3) that glass was classy.. pinkie out next time.

[@CobraRaptor]

Being an Arthopod nerd it upsets me when people call any of them bugs, so I get the Sapote thing

[@meisteremm]

@Doom Posterior I believe the technical term is "creepy crawlies."

[@WellWoopdidoo]

The etymology of entomology is a conundrum to the citizenry.

[@jjdavis6916]

I have the same issue…. I explain to people how the pest control industry is who propelled the term, just to make money. It’s a psychological term meant to create a negative connotation on the insect world. My immediate answer is that I explain to them how they are every bit as essential and ALIVE as humans and plants are. It tends to change their opinions if ever so slightly. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@meisteremm]

@Doom Posterior "Land lobster" is a good one. Never had insects as a snack on purpose, though I'd like to try Chapulines someday.

[@sdfkjgh]

@@meisteremm: I've had them before. Because of all the seasonings and spices used, they just tasted like far too crunchy seasonings and spices. Would've been nice to have tasted them as they were.

[@Brannington]

How is one person sapote know all this?

[@thedoors1388]

Green sapote is a fruit species that has been blowing up lately among rare fruit growers, particularly on Tropical Fruit Forum. Your review seems to match what other growers have articulated about its taste: that it is like mamey sapote but better. Another benefit to growing green sapote appears to be that it is more cold-hardy than mamey sapote. The fruit is very difficult to find and expensive to purchase when it is available for sale (I saw one grower pricing them at an outrageous $30 per fruit). Luckily, more seedlings are starting to be propagated with some of the larger nurseries also starting to offer grafted specimens. I think green sapote fruit will be much easier to find and less expensive in five years time, though it does not ship as well as mamey sapote and will likely never become a supermarket fruit. Jared, now that you have added green sapote to your Pouteria tasting experience, hopefully you will be able to locate and try a cinnamon apple, Pouteria glomerata (syn. Pouteria hypoglauca). I am very curious what that one tastes like since I have it growing in my collection. I added it to my collection without getting a chance to actually try the fruit, so I am interested in what type of fruit I will get in a few years once it starts fruiting (and that species fruits quite slowly).

[@ConradNewfield]

I've eaten cinnamon apple. It tastes a lot like the whitest white bread dipped in some balsamic vinegar with an almost gritty but fully edible texture. Definitely tasted nothing like yellow sapote, mamey sapote, or abiu to me. I give it a 3/10

[@thedoors1388]

@@ConradNewfield Thanks for the info. I have heard varying accounts of its flavor, though everyone seems to agree that it is a little bit gritty. Since it does not grow as large as other Pouterias, it would be a potential one for container culture if the flavor is of good enough quality. I would still like Jared to put his super tasting powers to work trying one, though.

[@Toomuchbullshitt]

It can grow all the way down to zone 9b as a novelty plant that may bear some fruit but not on a productive commercial scale.

[@jtostros]

Thanks for sharing all of these things with us. Your channel is unique and very informative!

[@triciaf61]

god i wish i could try this

[@JulieBoolie88]

Great video! Nice waking up on a Monday morning and having a video like this to watch. Never tried this one but now it is on our list.

[@JTMusicbox]

Exciting! I love mamey sapote, and never knew there was a green relative.

[@mathewbacsik8681]

Great comparison video. You’re very good at defining flavour profiles 🤓 which is why I love your videos. I’m now on the hunt for green sapote!

[@bubba_10inch90]

Thats a funny lookin apple

[@Magmafrost13]

Maybe try to convince Miami Fruit to start growing these, haha. I know they certainly LOVE pushing their mamey sapote.

[@nataliestanchevski4628]

It's really interesting how one person's "weird" food is just regular food to someone else. I've been exposing my roommate to exotic stuff like chicken livers, pickled beets, and kiwi. In turn he has astounded and bewildered me with Mac and cheese made with cream of mushroom soup, chilli spiced with cinnamon, and dark roast (bleh!) coffee. You make the green sapote sound tasty but I'll have to make do with a fuyu persimmon.

[@meisteremm]

Try dirty rice sometime if you like chicken livers.

[@Sparkina]

Fuyu Persimmons are DIVINE

[@robotempire]

Glad you’re back man Edit: maybe KZbin algorithm was hiding your channel from me for awhile

[@rakelflowers]

for a second I thought that what you called green zapote was what I know as chicozapote. But no, chicozapote is actually Manilkara Zapota. Have you tried that one? it's super sweet and the sap of the tree is what was used to make the original bubble gum (before it was replaced by synthetic stuff) there are still some companies out there that make bubble gum with this sap.

[@rakelflowers]

also, have you tried Jiniquil ( Inga jinicuil )? I recently bought a tree, but I only have a faint memory of trying the fruit when I was a kid and I remember it tasting very perfum-y, a bit like a lychee maybe, but in english it's called ice cream bean and i thought that was an interesting name.

[@meisteremm]

@@rakelflowers He did and he has a video about it.

[@Sparkina]

@@rakelflowers Ice cream beans are on my list of Food Items I’d Like To Try, but I read that the seed is mildly toxic. Don’t bite the seed!!

[@rakelflowers]

@@meisteremm yes! I just noticed! thanks!

[@rakelflowers]

@@Sparkina didn't know about that lol, good thing I'm not into the custom of biting any fruit seeds hahaha. I tried it when I was a child and have a slight memory of what it tastes like

[@telperionsr]

That Trade Coffee sounds like a great Christmas gift for my mom. Thanks!

[@lagartixabeats]

You have to try Pouteria Torta (Guapeva in brazilian portuguese). It is a hairy fruit, produces a milky glue (latex i supose or kinda similar), it has a taste that i can't full describe because isn't like any fruit, but it is sweet, floral, soft, tastes like a mix of Mango/Apple/Sweetsop. Please you have to try it! Cheers from Brazil, amazing work you doing out there! EDIT - I found out that, Abiu (Pouteria Caimito) is similar to Guapeva, but ISN'T the same fruit. IDK Abiu taste tho

[@NitronNeutron]

I like your honest food videos :)

[@CorJenFarm]

I'm growing a green sapote tree here in Lakeland Florida. It's about 10' tall and has some fruit on it now. They will ripen in March I believe plus or minus a month. Haven't got to try it yet but I do like Mamey.

[@charlesdove1247]

Would you be willing to sell some next season? I may or may not live in the same city...

[@kdonsky6]

Pouteria is probably my favorite genus of fruit. Lucuma, mamey and sapodilla are all amazing, as is egg fruit. I always have mamey or lucuma pulp in the freezer and make smoothies multiple times a week. The other Non-pouteria sapotes I have had have not been very good. Black sapote is perhaps the most overhyped fruit of all time. I was promised chocolate pudding but got less juicy and sweet persimmon. Stick with the sapotaceae.

[@jmelande4937]

I agree about the black Sapote. Most over rated tropical fruit ever. Where are you that you can get your fruit? Here in California fresh mamey is only available periodically and I haven’t had fresh lucuma since I lived in Mexico. I can get the pulp at our local Asian grocery but it isn’t the same.

[@kdonsky6]

@@jmelande4937 I lived in Florida. I had a really good Latin grocery store my near my house where I could get frozen lucama. I would also go to homestead which is in South Florida where you can get fresh can of stell, sapodilla, and Mamey. I normally just buy frozen mommy from the Latin grocery store. Sometimes you can also get frozen sapodilla at Indian grocery stores where it is labeled as chickoo.

[@kdonsky6]

@@jmelande4937 I live in South Carolina now and can still get frozen mommy at the Asian grocery store here.

[@theuglykwan]

Mamey sapote takes 3 years from flowering to harvest. Maybe green sapote is faster as it is smaller if the one in the video is typical size. As the mamey takes 3 years, a hurricane or whatever can mean no harvest for 3 years.

[@DankFroot]

Depending upon variety and how well it's grown, it'll take 1-2 years from flower to fruit. If it's taking you 3 years, you're doing something wrong.

[@starlight8283]

This so good to know! I just bought a house with a Mamey tree that is loaded with really small fruit. I noticed they seem to be really slow growing

[@jacquelinehurtado4781]

These are soooo good

[@mathewbacsik8681]

Thanks for the excellent review. I love your descriptions 🤓 A seller in Far North QLD Australia has these seedlings in stock. Even though I live further south in the subtropics I’m gonna go ahead and get one and do my best. I’m totally sold! Cairns is a tropical fruit lovers paradise, all sapotes can be found there, but I’ve never seen the green ones

[@PracticalPrimate]

Great review Jared :) interestingly whatever cultivar they grow here (Australia) is a fair bit larger than that one, looks closer in size to the lucuma shown

[@pffthulu6545]

The finest of KZbin rabbit holes.

[@roiq5263]

Looks so unedible in the outside but so tasty in the inside.

[@cookingGuitarist]

Thanks for the commercial. I roast my coffee on my porch. Extra fresh!

[@Johanisnotreal]

A local ice pop place makes sapote flavored ones,they're incredible

[@Quarksi]

I actually quite viciously dislike sweet potatoes and I've only ever liked someone's pumpkin pie once. Despite all that, I really want to try this fruit. Idk what it is, I'll probably hate it, but much like me trying pumpkin and sweet potato pie every November just to make sure I still hate it... I gotta try this!

[@alandelarosa9842]

Weird! I love pumpkin pie Hate pumpkin/sweet potato on its own I absolutely know i would hate this fruit lol

[@lorijudd2151]

When you go to eat a fruit or whatever, do you do so when you are hungry or when you have just eaten a meal? Do you cleanse your palate before you try a different fruit within the same episode?

[@iiTzHaroon]

Used coffee grounds can be ground up and fed to soil life as a compost tea

[@chairshoe81]

i really really really wish these and other uncommon fruits like garcinia were available in american grocery stores

[@meisteremm]

Probably a smaller issue with storage and a bigger issue with marketing. Try shopping in grocery stores that market themselves to Hispanic and Asian people; it's not a guarantee, but it's a higher chance.

[@radionoakmont7756]

im going to try out that coffee the one your having the cherry and peach note i like light coffee too especially sumatra beans golden roast im going to bookmark that coffee site big time, i want to try the green sapote big time i love good sweet flavors and looks very delightful beautiful seed alsolearning a lot from you so very much appreciated i hope to one day grow some of these also.

[@KyleStalin]

Looks good

[@naj0rk]

I like that this channel is not trying to be normal youtube food content, btw.

[@edwardtan1354]

the insides remind me if a chico complete with the one seed thing (though I forget if chicos have multiple seeds in them instead of one)

[@genghiskhan6809]

Another fruit I need to try

[@bridgetfarace3597]

LOL. The Sparkles. I died.

[@busterbrown7087]

Now we’ve got to try making a Mamey sapote pie for the holidays

[@WeirdExplorer]

I've been wanting to try that!

[@barrett5195]

I tried mamey sapote earlier this year the worst part was waiting for it to get soft. Delicious, but you have to be so patient bc they ripen slowly from the outside in, so even if it's soft outside it will still be tough inside.

[@philhartmann6502]

I love getting the frozen lucuma and mamey pulps and blending them with milk sugar and ice

[@notmyname327]

Wow all of these look like really tasty fruit, I've never seen any of them. Also, the mamey sapote looks a bit like a papaya and the name is similar to how we know some papayas in South America (mamón). I hope I can get my hands on some sapote, any sapote lol

[@jamesbackyard7192]

"Does that clear things up" yes yes it did. I'm growing the chocolate one now and have a yellow somewhere.

[@josecarvajal6654]

Fun fact, in dominican spanish "mamey" is the word we use for the color orange (althought this is the fruit we call "mamey": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammea_americana). What is it about that color that everyone names it after a fruit?

[@psiformail]

Green sapote = chicosapote Sapote (brown) = mamey The black sapote with orange or tangerine juice it's delicious. And frozen black sapote taste like chocolat.

[@ZaDussault]

A rare fruit shop that imports from Colombia (and they also import from other places) opened near my place and they have some very very niche things! I'm in Canada so it's very rare to see those here!

[@iuloeneas1605]

you must also try bleck zapote... excellent friut

[@Seven71987]

First White then Black and now Green what's next the Purple Sapote?

[@s.fflanger8747]

Good chance that does exist

[@censusgary]

The mamey sapote is brown (on the outside, and salmon-colored on the inside). I’ve never heard it called a “brown sapote,” though.

[@pattheplanter]

Of course it exists - Zapote morado or cainito, _Chrysophyllum cainito,_ not to be confused with _Pouteria caimito_ which is green/yellow.

[@dillonchamberlain]

One heck of a seed in there

[@BobRoss_lover]

i grew up eating small mame sapote. i would eat the peel too because it was just so good.

[@TheWeirdestOfBugs]

Zapote juice made in milk is my childhood. It's so damn good.

[@blahpunk1]

nice sparkles. :-)

[@gohansesshomaru8400]

The only sapote I know is the chikoo/sapodilla and it doesn't get mentioned, when Jared said this had a toffee/butterscotch flavor I thought he would surely mention the sapodilla because from what I remember it has a similar brown sugar/molasses like flavor.

[@Cu-Co]

Since you like Sapotes so much have you tried Sapote Sapotes, Sapote Sapotes have twice the Sapote flavour of Sapotes and Sapote Sapotes are twice the size of normal Sapotes, So next time you fancy a Sapote why not try Sapote Sapotes instead of Sapotes they're Sapote to be tasty.

[@diegoiunou]

Watching your channel makes me crave things that I cannot get! I like your no-nonsense approach (versus my previous weird fruit experience in another channel, run by an asian lady who tries too hard to be cool)

[@rprimbs]

Thank you. I was wondering how the green sapote compared to the mamey. Mamey is marginal here in Southern California, but I've heard green sapote does well here.

[@TuppyMSM]

Great video as always, keep it up! (Until you try everything, haha!)

[@BatroSkywatcher]

The Mamey Sapote reminds me of a Chiku but way bigger. The insides of both sapote also reminds me of Chiku. I googled it. It turns out The scientific name for the Chiku/Chikoo is Manilkara Zapota or Sapodilla. The Chiku looks more like the Mamey Sapote but from your descriptions I would say it taste similar to the Green Sapote where it has a butterscotch/toffee flavour

[@jaredbowers8938]

the thing about sapote not being a clear family of fruits goes back to the fact that common names are stupid, a large mouth bass is not in the bass family for instance. Basically, someone looked at the fruit thought it looked soft or "sapote" as you mentioned and forever cursed the world with yet another common name that was declared out of convenience then anything else.

[@anne-droid7739]

LOL, "dimple". A contradictory euphemism.

[@regulatorjohnson.]

I am fully torqued at the sight of that milkshake.

[@cesimkilic]

Bro hi, I love your videos. I have seen a video of black apple (aka honey apple in Japan only). Have you tried that before?

[@danechristmas6570]

In the Caribbean, I think we call ours 'Sapodilla"..However, never had it green. Very delicious and extremely sugary and sweet. Tastes like eating raw, brown sugar..I can only eat one per day, lol!

[@WeirdExplorer]

Yes those are in the same family as this one. very nice fruit

[@starlight8283]

I just bought a home in Miami with several different fruit trees I never heard of. We have sapodilla and Mamey. We have soursop but there’s no fruit on the trees yet. We have avocado trees that have blessed us with the best avocados I have ever tasted in my life. We have mango but I think those don’t have fruit this time of year.

[@WeirdExplorer]

Ah what a great bonus to buying a home!

[@guavaleaf4208]

When is saw this i ran out into my Guatemalan garden recognizing the fruit and ate it i hate zapote mamey but these are absolutelly delitefull

[@blackbway]

I can see a similarity between these fruits and Nesberry (sapodilla) except Nesberry usually have up to six seeds. But the roughness and color of the Mamay skin is the same as the Nesberry. I also think that persimmon have just a slight taste like Nesberry.

[@figmo397]

I've only had the mamey sapote and LOVE it! Have you any idea where can I get my grubby little hands on green sapotes in norther California (Silicon Valley)?

[@jeffery8928]

I don't care much for mamey but I LOVE green Sapote

[@Lotusguts008]

Always making me hungry for fruit

[@vivijd14]

I think a « Not a bergamot » weird explorer t-shirt could be very fun! 😆

[@funsized924]

I think the mamey sapote has a silght grittiness to it which reminds me of sweet potato with brown sugar in it

[@cayuga2532]

I wanna try... 🤤🥭

[@cahproductions4695]

Well it’s decided, if I ever meet you in person somehow I will say to you “what’s good my sapote!?”

[@cerverg]

Next: Ross sapote and Black apple (Pouteria australis)

[@WeirdExplorer]

Yeah! I still need to try those

[@charlesor1023]

Hey Mexican here, just if You want to improve the pronunciation. The mamey is with an "i" (spanish i) sound at the end (mamei). Like the name Mei, ma-Mei. And the strong sound is in the the e: ma-mÉi

[@adrianmercado3092]

In the Philippines, we have a fruit with flesh and seeds like the Mamey sapote called chico. The fruit does look like the Mamey but much smaller.

[@spenserblakeney]

Hello weird fruit explorer I just went to target the other day and got these things called apple pears? They’re weird and very tasty

[@Tsugandate]

that actually sounds pretty tasty, and I'd love to have some green sapote milkshake , sad that it's rare

[@reneera4077]

In Trinidad 🇹🇹we have a fruit called sapodilla that looks like a smaller version of the mamey sapote

[@yesterdaydream]

Damn fine cup of milkshake!

[@Moona1966]

So, uhh.. Any chance you still have those glorious, beginning to sprout seeds? I'd LOVE to try and grow them!

[@roseqq3542]

This looks like the Chicos we have in the Philippines, brown velvety skin like the Mamey, but as big as the green sapote. Tastes like chocolate pudding IMO. When it's in season, they're super cheap and I can't stop eating them!

[@mariamaitland]

All the sapotes are native to Mexico and Central America. They were introduced to Asia by the Spaniards.

[@respent805]

have you ever had any fruit that was 10 on the sweetness?

[@nytrodioxide]

Sapotes and lucumas are like squares and rectangles

[@LtHobo-uy9kn]

This is a interesting fruit, I sapote

[@andresamplonius315]

Tiene un parecido a la Lúcuma, aunque se ve un poco más húmedo y el tallo es más grueso. He probado el caimito blanco, el Sapote blanco, y el Sapote ... A este lo conocen como Sapote de Perú en el Brasil...

[@sooobyrooo5763]

I really want to make a banana lucuma cream pie. Or just lucuma or this green sapote.

[@johnharder5618]

I was thinking that it would make a good ice cream I have had it mixed into a Rum Drink Dangerous as there was not enough rum to make you stop drinking That is if you drank enough of the mixed drink you couldn't stand up LOL

[@markus_selloi]

You really got THE best job lol