So I’m a fruit hog. I eat all kinds of fruit. Tamarind, guava, pomelo, whatever I can get my hands on. I just bought and finished 5 lbs of loquats last month. Those were hard to find!! When living in California, they were everywhere, can pick them off a tree. I had to wait 8 months before they were ready to be picked and shipped to where I’m at now. Anyway, summer is a great time for fruit hogs lol.
So I bought lots of different type of dried fruit samples from TeaVivre to make natural fruit tea. Hawthorn fruit is one of the fruits I’ve never had a chance to eat so I had no clue what it tastes like. Well, I loved it. It was right up my alley. I put 7.5 g of it (sample size) with boiling water. Steep time was 3 minutes or so. It is tart, like tart apple but not like granny smith tart (my favorite apple) but like a cross between a red apple, cranberry, berry tartness. I’m sure many would require some sweetener. I saw some recipes with hawthorn berries and most had some sweetener. I even ate the fruit slices after I finished the tea. hehe I bought 17 oz of it after I tried the sample awhile ago. That’s how much I loved it.
So I looked it up and the health benefits, specifically cardiovascular support studies were incredible. Definitely a super food. I admit that if I didn’t like the taste, I wouldn’t eat it no matter how good it is for me lol. I recommend it if you like tart fruit or you can add agave or honey too. hehe
Flavors: Apple, Berries, Cranberry, Fruity, Pleasantly Sour, Sweet, Tart
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Fruit hog <3 I had a large loquat tree in San Jose that hanged at the perfect height over my second story apartment’s balcony. Here we have a tree but it’s still too young to fruit.
oooOOOO :D They are delicious. There was only one place on the net that I could buy 5 lbs of them and they were so expensive! I remember always picking them off anybody’s tree in So. Calif. lol
I imagine hawthorn fruit to taste somewhat like rosehips.
I know they are paired together. I think hawthorn, hibiscus, rosehips are somewhat similar in the tang. ^^
I have looked for hawthorn fruit here, they are quite cheap – but hard to get. Not in stock right now.
Oooh that would be really cool to grow, Martin.:) My father grew everything, it was his passion. Me, on the other hand, can’t grow a darn thing. lol
Ahh. I meant fruits, not trees to grow. But those were available too. But our garden is already full, moreover my mother don’t like hawthorn at all because of thorns :D
ah kk :) :D
Fruit hog <3 I had a large loquat tree in San Jose that hanged at the perfect height over my second story apartment’s balcony. Here we have a tree but it’s still too young to fruit.
oooOOOO :D They are delicious. There was only one place on the net that I could buy 5 lbs of them and they were so expensive! I remember always picking them off anybody’s tree in So. Calif. lol
I imagine hawthorn fruit to taste somewhat like rosehips.
I know they are paired together. I think hawthorn, hibiscus, rosehips are somewhat similar in the tang. ^^
I have looked for hawthorn fruit here, they are quite cheap – but hard to get. Not in stock right now.
Oooh that would be really cool to grow, Martin.:) My father grew everything, it was his passion. Me, on the other hand, can’t grow a darn thing. lol
Ahh. I meant fruits, not trees to grow. But those were available too. But our garden is already full, moreover my mother don’t like hawthorn at all because of thorns :D
ah kk :) :D