Tahitian Pomelo - Tasting a very special citrus

Episode: 708 Tahitian Pomelo
Species: Citrus maxima
Location: NYC, USA
Big thanks to Steven Murray for sending this to me. check out his Instagram at: Murraystevana2
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[@JohnLeePettimoreIII]

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[@whysocurious7366]

Lol when you’re hearing about horrific atrocities, you just gotta imagine all the victims of the horrific tragedies enjoying a delicious fruit salad.

[@chdreturns]

You seriously need to try the Ginger Gold Apple, this is an apple variant from my state that was born out of one of the worst hurricanes in US history (Camille). Appearantly Camille wrecked an apple orchard and two trees survived and cross pollinated creating a new apple. Its interesting history could make a great video.

[@catyear75]

Agreed ! I LOVE Ginger Gold Apples !

[@hannayoung9657]

Pomelo I get in Sweden always smell floral, the favourite store has this amazing smell when they have pomelo.

[@GetIsekaid]

Pomelo only smell like pesticides in my experience. 😅

[@hannayoung9657]

@@GetIsekaid You need to get better pomelos!

[@swedneck]

I wonder if they take slightly longer to transport here, and thus have more time to ripen?

[@hannayoung9657]

@@swedneck Or we buy them from different growers. Did you know that the correct name for pomelo is pompelmus in Swedish. Explains my older cookbook that have pompelmus marmelad and I didnt know it was same fruit.

[@KFrost-fx7dt]

Those are the Asian kind.

[@tylermichaelbell]

I'm allergic to a lot of fruit so I live vicariously through your vids.

[@shaboingboing799]

Give my your DNA

[@Mrbfgray]

I'm mainly interested if I can get the tree to add to my collection.

[@edgarburlyman738]

I go to weird/ethnic grocery stores and try the "exotic" fruit there.

[@taylregene]

I can't have a lot of fruit bc of medical conditions too so same!! I love his videos

[@Isaac-ho8gh]

Damn, that's fucked up lol

[@Alina-ws6ob]

That pomelo reminds me of my childhood, a neighbor had a lemon tree that the lemons were as big as that pomelo. Made the best lemonade in the world.

[@Seven71987]

Where can I find it?

[@br0mbie]

@@Seven71987sounds like a ponderosa lemon

[@Seven71987]

@@br0mbieARE YOU TELLING ME THAT I AM A LEMON! :D

[@Alina-ws6ob]

@@Seven71987 In Honduras. The tree no longer exists. I wonder if it was one of a kind.

[@Seven71987]

@@Alina-ws6ob they still have the seeds to create trees right?

[@toddburgess5056]

Just saw the preview for the next episode, cool! Can't wait for that one!😊

[@toddburgess5056]

Supermarket pomelo looks to be coated in a wax to prevent it from drying out during shipping. That may be some of the reason why it doesn't give off much of a scent.

[@teresamexico309]

Also, (store bought) fruit/produce is harvested unripe so they can be shipped long distances for days without getting spoiled, therefore store bought fruit/produce vs homegrown ones will never be a fair comparison. I am planning to add a pomelo to my small orchard (My citron is still small but has 4 fruits, so this season I will taste them). I do have tropical fruits and temperate fruits, when we get frost/snow I do have to cover my trees which can be a nuisance but so far they all have make it.

[@loganlogon3720]

Thanks for contributing to the cause Steven!😄

[@bartolomeothesatyr]

You should consider collaborating on a seasonal weird fruit subscription service in conjunction with the growers you've featured on your channel.

[@JoyMerten]

He has worked with Miami Fruit before, I believe

[@esmeraldagreen1992]

In Sicily, they used to sell arance di vaniglia ( vanilla oranges) they were the standard orange size. The peel was light orange and they really smelled like vanilla. They were juicy, and the juice was very, very sweet,a 5 or 6 on your sweetness scale. The juice also smelled and tasted strongly of vanilla.

[@Kavriel]

I've had one in Tahiti, and it was so nice I could not get over how good it is.

[@wolfgangkranek376]

PTSD - Post Tasting Stress Disorder. I had a similar experience with an Ugli (another citrus fruit). Never had the opportunity to buy one again, they rarely find their way into the stores.

[@bartolomeothesatyr]

@@wolfgangkranek376 They're sadly inconsistent. I had an Ugli *_once_* that was similar in flavor to the best mandarin you've ever had in your life, with floral notes like elderflower or maybe jasmine, but every other Ugli I've ever had tasted like unripe grapefruit pith, and I eventually stopped buying them 'cause I never again found a good one.

[@wolfgangkranek376]

@@bartolomeothesatyr Thank you, then I feel lucky I also had a very good one.

[@BigboiiTone]

I got my first pomello in 2014 or so and it blew me away. From that first bite, it became my favourite citrus!!!!

[@carlosnazariopr]

Looks very similar to a PR selection named 'Geño' and it's my favorite pomelo.

[@pianista1969]

In Thailand the fruit vendors would peel and extract the tasty bits of pomelo for you when u buy one and give it to you ready to eat

[@chriskasprzyk6235]

The store bought pomelo was picked before it was fully ripened and it was coated in wax to help it stay fresher longer and give it that shiny and appealing look. Most fruit bought in stores is covered in food grade wax, especially citrus, apples, pears, etc. That wax makes it look pretty, and hold moisture to maintain freshness, but it also blocks the pores and reduces the smell of the fruit.

[@janicejames3005]

I think that the fruit is picked before it is quite ripe and the wax delays the ripening process in addition to sealing in the freshness.

[@BudiandLeo]

Try a Queen Tahitian Pineapple next, my all time favorite pineapple if you can get your hands on one.

[@UrbanBounty]

Fantastic! I have the nam roi in ground but I have never seen this variety

[@LisaLee__]

Just wondering if you could consider traveling to Noal Farms if you ever go to Japan. Love your reviews

[@n0etic_f0x]

At least I can get good Pomelo my dad calls them "Not shitty grapefruit" and he can never remember the name so he only calls them that.

[@blackletter2591]

I want one. I wonder if they have the same side-effect of grapefruit, of interfering with important medicines?

[@monkey6430]

Can you also test the zest/rind next time please?

[@leightonolsson4846]

Nadarcott mandarins must be protected from pollination to keep them seedless Pink pomelos seem to be slightly juicer but they seem to have acquired some of the bitterness associated with grapefruits. Prefer white pomelos even if the texture is on the drier side.

[@slowbro1337]

Ok, that looks delicious

[@Milochatif]

I wonder if the store pomelo ia shiny and has no smell because many fruits get a wax coat to help the export process/durability

[@ivacheung792]

How does the fruit form if there's no pollination?

[@Isaac-ho8gh]

With regards to the naturally seedless thing, some flowering plants including almost all Citruses can still make fruit if they aren't pollinated. When they do, they have no seeds!

[@edgarburlyman738]

You say the thing you're most desperate to sell is your most popular. Salesman's oldest trick in the book.

[@NarutoSSj6]

Dont you need to peel that thing in order to easier peel off the membran of those segments. Thr membrane is too bitter.

[@santhanamss]

Nice

[@frankb5728]

All the Pomelos I've had at home in Canada have been dried and not very tasty. It wasn't until I travelled to Hong Kong that I understood why Pomelos were liked.

[@DeathMetalDerf]

The pomelo has quickly become my favorite citrus fruit, but Wegmans doesn't seem to carry them at all anymore. They sometimes have these horrible pink-fleshed ones that are so underripe you can't even eat them and they're barely good for just juicing. They do have jackfruit there now, but the people at Melissa's who are growing them harvest way too early and the fruit is almost flavorless. I'm starting to think that unless I can get myself to where this stuff grown, my only choices will be so underripe or impossible to find. Now I see why you left WNY!!! Thanks for sharing another incredible fruit with us!! I hope everyone is doing well and having a great day!

[@brandon9172]

Who needs jackfruit anyways when you can get noni, the best fruit

[@bigsad4663]

Is this guy Tobuscus?

[@reallySexyMF]

i love your vids

[@diskord42]

nom nom nom... kitty not like pomelo smell?

[@Zahri8Alang]

Other Pomelos just got ratio'd

[@Faustobellissimo]

You got married?

[@mmeltt]

Why does he keep slapping it 💀

[@bobriemersma]

These are probably as dangerous as grapefruit are to those people on certain medications.

[@johnnyearp52]

Are they? That was my question.

[@LeChristEstRoi]

The regular one wasn't ripe enough. The more ripe a pomelo is, the thinner is the white rind inside. During the ripening process the water and nutrients of the rind get absorbed by the flesh of the fruit, which in turn gets juicier and sweeter.

[@Isaac-ho8gh]

Oh wow, I never knew that was the case.

[@hopegold883]

Really? Does it ripen off the tree?

[@LeChristEstRoi]

@@hopegold883 It does!

[@Isaac-ho8gh]

@@hopegold883 Likely yes. I'm not sure about Pomelos, but I know that many Citruses can ripen off the tree. Although they still won't be as good as Citruses ripened on their plants because they still grow a bit during the ripening stage.

[@drjekyllmshyde]

Should definitely candy the rinds! Candied pomelo rind is incredible

[@Garethaxz]

As someone with severe hyperosmia, pomello do have a smell XD I can only imagine how fragrant and lovely this variety must be

[@applegal3058]

Thanks so much to Steven and his family farm for producing such amazing fruits, and for sharing them to you! Also, thanks Jared for sharing it with us as well 😀

[@jrcorsey]

I wondered about the comparative weights. They seem to be about the same size, but I expected the better pomelo to be heavier. Then, you revealed that the poor pomelo had a lot more pith. Also, riper generally equates to juicier. Was the good one twice as heavy? 35% heavier? Kind of similar? Now I want a juicy citrus. At 2am. I may go get a grapefruit from my yard. Thank you for making me feel these passions.

[@starshot5172]

I just noticed that you barely aged anything since a video you made 6 years ago. You're looking good, man!

[@Icanbacktrailers]

True

[@juhasauna-aho7811]

This is simply a consequence of all the fruit he eats.

[@theuglykwan]

He's a fruit vampire.

[@ellaakiyama5670]

​@@juhasauna-aho7811 Lol true! Ageless fruit vampire 🧛🏻‍♂️

[@edgarburlyman738]

But he's not any kind of kooky vegan, just eats a lot of fruit

[@Franksnbr1]

Globules and pulplets, I'm going to start throwing those out in everyday conversation hahaha. Love the cleaver skills!

[@Melissa0774]

Palmelos are the best for making candied citrus peels, for when you want them to actually eat the candies by themselves, instead of using them for cookie or cake decorating. I want to try it with flavored cocktail sugar, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. Palmelos are almost worth buying for the peel as much as the fruit.

[@sophiophile]

You gotta get rid of all the pith and the membrane around each section when you eat a pomelo to get the best flavour, IMO. But yeah, sometimes supermarket pomelo is tasteless.

[@swettyspaghtti]

Great vid. Starting with the heel of a knife like that is mad dangerous . I was a Chef for 2 decades ..seen guys hurt themselves the most doing that 😬

[@riverAmazonNZ]

I want to smell a pomelo 😢 When quinces are in season I have a bowlful just for the smell ❤

[@teresamexico309]

I get a crate of quince fruit when in season and store them in my room, the aroma makes me relax and I can sleep like a baby. later i use them to prepare an spreadable mix with little sugar and also I do prepare Juice with pears (not sugar just the sweetness of pears) and I can them both.

[@Lithilic]

A citrus fruit that taste like lemonade sounds amazing.

[@SarahLovesFood]

Wow, the rind on that "normal supermarket pomelo" looks a lot thinner than what I'm used to. The pomelos I'm used to are also pinkish and not very juicy (their little segments separate from each other very easily) I only get mine at Asian grocery stores, so I wonder if they one I eat is yet another different variety.

[@heyy13]

Great advertisement for Steven's farm! That pomelo sounds amazing. I want one now but I am in Australia. haha

[@hamborger2200]

I'm glad that I'm not the only one having a tough time telling a good from a bad pomelo just by the looks. I was always wondering if there is a reliable way or if indeed it is just a gamble.

[@theuglykwan]

If it has a tall crown it means it is older, dryer, sweeter but also has more pips in it. If it is quite round it can be juicer but less sweet and fewer pips. Up to your own taste. I prefer dryer as it is less messy and i prefer the texture as you can bite into the little segments and have them pop. They withstand handling better and are a nice texture element to add to salads etc. The compromise is one that is in between a round one and one that has 2 tall a crown. Yellower ones are also riper than more green ones.

[@Isaac-ho8gh]

​@@theuglykwan I assume by how soft it is because the rind is obviously more solid than the flesh.

[@wf2197]

Could you do a video on what you’ve learned about how to give yourself the best odds of selecting a good tasting example of whatever you are eating? So much fruit out there is just bad, usually bland is what I find or the ripeness is not where it needs to be.

[@slowbro1337]

Remember, if you don't make candy with the rind of a pomelo why live

[@Melissa0774]

Hi Jared, I live in central New Jersey, about 50 miles from you and I have a black cherry tree in my back yard. It's going to be fruiting in about a month and a half. Would you be interested? I don't think you've done a video on black cherries before, even though they grow in the New York City area. They taste a lot like Bing cherries, but with a distinctive Coca-Cola kind of taste. I'd send you a private message, but I'm not totally sure how to do that.

[@sawyerstudio]

I have long wondered what the true pomelo is like because it does seem very delicate quality wise and particularly affected negatively by industrial agriculture. I want to taste 😂

[@zer0nix]

No offense but the way you are accessing the fruit is wrong! A pomelo should be peeled like an orange or tangerine, and the skin between the segments is tough enough that it's really easy to peel those off as well without losing any juice, like a supreme version of citrus 'supreme'! These are one of my favorite fruits and I wish I knew that netting trick and could purchase a graft for my orange tree! Actually, 'cara cara' oranges are probably my favorite citrus and those taste like pomelos when unripe and like grapefruit candy when fully ripened! There's also a kind of 'orange' that tastes exactly like a lemon but with no sourness, and it has the size, sweetness and shape of an orange, and I have no idea what those are but I'd like to know more, and if anyone could find out more about them it's a fruit hunter like yourself! I accidentally purchased a bag of these when they were mislabeled (my own fruit weren't ready yet) but I haven't seen them around since. You or someone should do a video featuring all the different types of ’orange hybrids’, especially the ones that are edible as is and taste unique!

[@scotmcpherson]

All of the citrus get that grainy dry when picked too early but let to go over ripe. As much as your freind's super fresh pomelo would have been better than store bought, I think you got an unlucky pomelo. I think the worst taste you can get from citrus is when they take on a rotten meat flavor. You'll know when you taste it.

[@pineapplerindm]

How many times did he slap the pomelo? 0:16 0:19 0:25 0:26 1:38 2:17 2:26 *_7 Times_*

[@johnnyearp52]

Oh no! Pomelo abuse!

[@patricialavery8270]

This one I tried,their fruit was usually good and mine tasted like a mild grapefruit.

[@dataquester]

I tried that bout 10yrs ago here n the states. It was ok but id rather eat an orange... Cool vid

[@Jahkrel]

The inside reminds me of a pomegranate. Almost pentagonal

[@michaelgarica8195]

Great channel,always wondered since I was a kid what unknown and mysterious fruits the world might contain ❤

[@KonaSquid]

yum :3

[@zaharuddintajularus454]

If ever you back in Malaysia, you should try the Tambun pomelo in the state of Perak..

[@beauthestdane]

I remember having some amazing huge Pomelo in the 70s in Israel when I lived there, fresh off the tree.

[@MistressOnyaCox]

sounds like a SAMBO!! lemonade 🍋

[@kyonthirtytwo2456]

In South America, Paragauy people grow Pomellos in thier gardens and make it into a delicious refreshing 'lemonade' (jucing and sieving out the pulp and seeds) with sweetner and cold water I think its better fresh and ripe off the tree in my experience

[@paulwright8378]

I remember a scene in the Simpsons when homer tries to eat a grapefruit so he puts a ton of sugar on it licks it off an throws the grapefruit in the bin 🤣🤣🤣

[@Chadmiral]

Lol

[@GOLD-ei3qh]

Am I the only one who feel uncomfortable seeing someone cuting citrus instead of peeling it?

[@Iminsideyourwall_]

Yup but whatever he likes

[@n0f8r]

store pomelo was waxed? explaining shininess and lack of smell?

[@Jo_Greg]

Had a lot of these in my childhood with my family especially around new Chinese new year and they were always bitter and tasteless with thick rinds similar to your example.

[@UHaulShorts]

Is U currentlay trapped @ home from dat Orange Air?

[@Snake17334]

If you ever try red jocote/ciruela (spondias purpurea) again try them when they’re almost ripe but not quite. All the ones you ate were either totally green or totally ripe. The flavor is at its strongest when they’re almost fully red but still have a solid patch of green. Once they fully ripen they lose most of their punch and flavor. Love your videos! Just missed the timing for your last trip. Hopefully I can catch the next fruit hunting trip. Much love from south Florida 😎

[@Weak_laptop_gaming.2356]

I would say that you didn't taste the Pomelo correctly. At its core, a Pomelo is similar to a Grapefruit, it has the same bitter skin as a Grapefruit, it cannot be eaten like Oranges and Tangerines because of the same bitter so-called Albedo of citrus fruits. Since a Pomelo usually has a 1 cm thick skin, it must first be 1. cut with a knife 2. Completely clean the fruit, including albedo 3. Divide into slices 4. Peel each slice from the Albedo And only after all these actions it can be eaten without fear of the bitter taste of the fruit

[@JTMusicbox]

Ah pomelo! Like grapefruit the way nature intended it! Accept for the netting it and no seeds, but other than that. Seriously though pomelo is awesome.

[@JornSilverblade]

Many citrus fruits have had their surfaces treated with various waxes or shellac. This protects them from excessive drying out, fungi or bacteria and makes the fruit appear shiny. I can well imagine that treated fruits smell less intensely, at least on the outside. I assume that in the video only the pomelo from the supermarket was treated in this way.

[@damianlopez7630]

Thank You. Awesome Video. I saw your Nipa Palm Fruit Video also.

[@debiesubaugher]

So it's basically the capon of citrus 😂

[@rubiks6]

Just to be clear, there are truly countless varieties of pomelo/grapefruit. Even two genetically identical pomelo branches can produce two apparently very different cultivars depending on growing conditions. To be sure, every source of pomelo/grapefruit is going to be different. I love, love, love pomelo/grapefruits. I want to eat as many varieties as I can and there's no limit to the varieties. Even if you took a branch cutting from Steven Murray's tree and grafted it onto the same kind of rootstock his tree is on, you would get a different variation of the fruit from growing it under slightly different conditions.

[@Netbug]

The external texture is like night and day as well.

[@BigboiiTone]

4:20 ahh i realise now your mistake. You were eating the extremely bitter skins that form each segment. You want to cut the top of the rind off, then peel away the rind, then break the pomello into its individual segments. Then peel away the tough skin and discard. Eat only the juicy cells

[@biggerlonely7242]

Is there anywhere to get pomelos in New York? Long Island? DYING for them! Thanks!

[@EeeEee-bm5gx]

Maybe the grocer's pomelos are waxed to prolong shelflife and stored for months. That would explain no smell, waxy appearance and some of the dryness

[@indigobunting5041]

I love pomellos. Watching this makes me want one, but they're not in season yet. My supermarkets only carry them in the winter.

[@elivalentine452]

Congrats reaching 1%!!! I believe in you !!!

[@slewone4905]

citrus only form seeds after pollination. so california orange growers sue beekeepers because they keep coming to california in winter, and these bees decrease the value of the citrus, because the bees would pollinate the blossom and seeds form.

[@alanmercieca3086]

A lot of people say that Tahitian tastes a lot like lime, either way lemon and or lime sounds great.

[@ericgillespie2812]

Not very relevant to the video but i noticed you have only reviewed one variety of mulberry! There are many varieties including an american native! Please consider. They are my favorite berry. (at the moment!)

[@jean-sebastienarteau7142]

You should just eat the pulp not the membrane it's like grapefruit. Thanks me later

[@sdfkjgh]

2:41 Jared actually has access to a sharp knife! I'm shocked!

[@Jeem101]

I love fruit. I swear the fact that trees grow tasty edible morsels is so cute and funny to me. And you can make hybrids of those morsels and be creative with them.

[@vnxettitw4879]

Curious why you are the pomelo with the membrane? We always peel it completely to only eat the flesh as the membrane is super bitter. I accidentally left some membrane on a segment once and made the same face you did!

[@censusgary]

Pomelos taste good, but I can’t eat them. I’m allergic to grapefruit, and pomelo seems to contain the same substance that makes me ill.

[@nonsequitor]

Re: netting: that means the tree is diecious i.e two genders, one on each tree....so if you protect a female tree from pollenation you'll be able to get seedless fruit aka sensimillia 😊

[@LauPaSat-pl]

Could you also rank juiceness of the fruit just as you rank sweetness and tartness?

[@Rootweaver]

I found one of these in San Mateo CA at the farmer market once. I have tried to get it a dozen times. I hate grapefruit pummelo flavor. The tahitian one tastes like sprite to me.

[@mastermind1099]

ordinary pomelo skin & rind has jasmine flower smell.

[@censusgary]

The pomelo with little smell and a shiny rind is probably waxed.