Which fruit sounds best to you? A: Cacao (Theobroma cacao) B: Jaguar Chocolate (Theobroma bicolor) C: Cupuacu (Theobroma grandiflorum)

Being dragged backwards down a hall after being smacked in the face by some fruit sounds exactly what I look for in a snack experience.

Cupuacu is widely consumed in brazil and the ice cream and the jam-filled truffles are amazing. It's also very common especially in the North region to mix it with condensed milk to produce some sort of a mousse. Very distinctive flavor, it doesn't taste like anything else. IMO it goes very well with milk and white chocolate based desserts.

Cupuaçu is from Tupi Language of Old Brazilian Indians, (Kupu) means "resembles Cacao" and (Uasu) means "Big".

cupuaçu! the chocolate that comes out of it's seeds is actually pretty tasty. I have had some truffles made of it and filled with the jam of the fruit itself, it was absolutely delicious. The chocolate is a lot more flaky and thin than cocoa chocolate, but i personally think it's delicious.

you apologized for comparing rare fruit to rare fruit, but at the same time, you have compared those rare fruit to common fruit. scientists have figured out the flavors of old foods (hundreds of years extinct/not made) with less information than you are providing. you are doing a good job. keep it up.

Nice seeing someone covering cupuaçu. It's juice, sweets and creams are very consumed here in the north region of Brazil, specially now in the holidays. Even i am eating some cupuaçu ice cream watching this, cheers!

Fun chocolate facts! It's in the mallow family alongside durian (which the insides resemble), okra, hibiscus, and (weirdly) cotton! When I had a chocolate fruit it tasted almost exactly like mango for me personally.

All too often I watch your videos and then proceed to immediately try and find seeds online to add to my garden. I’m always impressed by what you’re able to find. Thanks for the video!

Cupuaçu is also amazing when you blend it with cream and condensed milk, it creates a delicious custard that freezes like ice cream (and you can also eat cupuaçu ice cream, quite good) and we use it in "pavê", which is like a Brazilian version of a trifle. Because it has a very strong flavor, we usually just make the "triffle" with cookies and cupuaçu custard and keep it in the freezer, where it becomes ice cream-like.

I loved the reference to hitchhikers guide with "almost but not quite entirely unlike..."

Dude you are probably one of the most unique and interesting KZfaq channels ever. You also doing a great service to humanity documenting all of it it's fruit and how they taste.

Never ever thought of the Jackfruit as funky. I really like the taste of it. The only thing to me is strange about jackfruit. The texture is similar to eating a flower pedal that has alot of juice in it.

Thank you for making me smile at the casual-almost-stealthy nod to Douglas Adams :)

ironically enough, I bought a cacao seedling a couple days ago and intend to purchase a cupuaçu one... Brazilian here, I have been following your channel for a while

Before your channel I would never thought that so many varieties of similar fruits exist! Today I am again amazed !

You should totally expand into weird vegetables exploring

Yay, one of my favorite fruit genus, you should try Cupuacu Sorbet and try out Mexican Mountain Papaya!

This particular fruit is something I have right up at the top of my fruit bucket list. I'm not the only guy out there with a fruit bucket list, right? 🥺 Another very interesting video, Jared. Happy holidays to everyone! I hope everyone is well and having a great day!!!

Bring back the funk meter!

Back in the 70's there was an anti-chocolate movement for some, probably incorrect , reason and Carob was being pushed as a replacement, despite only being a little Chocolatey. Haagen Daz , imported from New Jersey, even had a great Carab/Honey ice cream. Any experience w Carob fruits ?

Since watching your channel I've been really curious about the chocolate that can be made from each of these, especially Cupuacu. Any interest in doing a chocolate tasting video from each of these (e.g. Chocolate, Cupulate, and Jaguar Chocolate)?

I have all 3 of these growing next to each other. Hope I get some fruit some day

The interior of the bicolor looks a lot like a Jackfruit too. Interesting how fruits that look similar have similar tastes even if completely unrelated.

Cacao fruit tastes amazing, I wish it was easier to get its juice.

i think that at some point, the effort that goes into "reducing waste" ends up creating far more waste. for example even just the fact that you need to cook the rinds to make them edible, despite them not even tasting good, already requires extra water for cooking, extra water and some detergent to clean the dishes afterwards, and extra fuel. and even if using electricity (instead of wasting wood or gas) for cooking the rinds, that electricity originated from what is essentially burning fuel. so was the waste actually reduced at all? there's a pretty good way to reduce the waste to nothing, and that is composting, if you're really willing to go through that effort. at least composting doesn't waste much except maybe a bit of water for moisture.

Your channel just keeps getting better and better, more than it already was.

Straight out of hitchhiker’s guide, love it

You can get frozen Cupuacu pulp in markets here in NYC, not sure if it compares to the real deal

Dude I swear this week I've been watching all your Theobroma videos, this is right on time for me

What a treat to watch, thank you for sharing!

I see that you're in Costa Rica. Have you tried "guava" (not "guayaba")? It's a long bean looking fruit that also has white flesh surrounding its large seeds that you suck on. There are so many non-commercialized fruits that people eat in rural areas. Also, during the peak of the dry season you can find the fruits of the Sandal/Carao tree which smell bad but can be made into a hot chocolate like drink.

The Cupuasu I had was really strong in pineapple flavor. Good it was I care more for the standard Cacao. Great video.

Wow, so many videos! You're spoiling us Jared! Merry Christmas 🎄

WOOO CACAO SPECIAL

In my region Cupuaçu is more common in the form of a "ice cream", like that of Açaí or mousses. I never drank Cupuaçu's juice.

I'm jealous, looks so good

I like it when you compare one rare fruit to another rare fruit.

By the shape of the pulp of the cupuacu and the mocambo you can really tell that Theobroma belongs to the same family as durian.

i have enjoyed cacao (theobroma) the fruit that covers the seeds, have 2 growing in the house presently, thought the greenhouse might get to cold, for them, will take them back out in late spring

Have you ever had a fruit that was POWERFULL in flavors but not so high in sourness? Like where the flavor notes were intense but without an overwhelming tartness, bitterness, etc? I'm curious if that's even a thing???

I just checked out your store and honestly I love the stickers a ton! Might consider getting myself the mandrake shirt. You should totally make more types of fruit merch! I’d love to have a sweater or a different print for the shirt :D

Just once I want to see a proper curb stomp of a tough fruit

When people ask me what lychee taste like I tell them it taste kind of like rambutan.

Copoazú is amazing and prepared in several ways. In Venezuela we make chocolate, juice and many more things from white cacao(copoazú).

7:09 that sound followed by the whispering is hilarious

the music in this is so catchy. i felt like i was in a heist

You need a website to sell the seeds you get! These are so rare, lots of people would love to get their hands on the seeds-especially in NY, where we can only grow things like this in pots. So neat-thanks for all your videos!

Do these have caffeine? Also, is it dangerous to eat to much at one time because of the theobromine? That's the chemical that makes chocolate poisonous to dogs, but it can also be poisonous to humans if you eat an excessive amount or if your liver isn't working right.

Best channel on the planet!

Should also try theobroma speciosum!

I'd love to see youy make a tier list of fruits you've tried, although that'd sure take a long time. Watching you a while ago when I was into this hobby was super fun!

I never knew there were so many species of chocolate plant. Thanks for the knowledge

This was fun to watch. Did you keep the seeds from the first one and blend with anything to drink or make brownies? And the third one, did you make a drink with sugar? Was wondering your plans with those fruits. Thanks. This was great video!😎

Wow that fruit platter 😍😋

we grow all of them!

thank you soooo much for making this i couldnt fins anything on the cocao cousins.

Dang those look insane!!

Its cool to compare them side by side.

Thank you my family has made shakes, candy and pastries from all three in Colombia.

ohh we've been waiting for this

7:05 cut to the sidewalk to smash that fruit was hilarious XD

Fascinating fruits

this was so interesting! if i had the chance to try just once, i'd choose the cupuacu! i've never tasted anything that sounds like that I'm so down

Love your videos! Always fun to learn something new!!

Immediate thumbs up for the Hitchhiker's Guide reference!

Awesome work and reporting. So appreciated.

You’ll have to head to Hawaii sometime. I saw a program showing all sorts of native exotic fruits that are not exported.

Great review and comparison! Of the three, I’ve only ever had cacao, but when people ask me where I always introduce them to your content and then Miami Fruit.

the return of cupuacu 😀

In Brazil has developed cupulate it is a kind of chocolat, but with cupuassu seeds instead cacao seeds.

What a sick episode

So, I am going to suggest getting a heavy meat cleaver for your hard skinned fruits. These are made to cut beef bones in half so they may be tough enough to cut even a coconut. You strike the fruit with it using the knife edge not the flat, just as you would a hammer. Good meat cleavers usually have a pretty heavy weight and their sharpness is not so much a concern. It does help to have all that weight focused on a thin edge.

In san diego I think I seen Cupuacu growin by the side of the Highway, I never knew what it was till this video.

The theobroma cacao seed color turns from purple to chocolate brown once properly fermented. White seeded criollo cacao turns light brown when properly fermented.

Thank you for your fruit work 🤎🤍🤎🤍🤎🖤

0:40 HITCHHIKERS GUIDE REFERENCE!!!

"not quite entirely unlike" is such a sentence oh my god

Another great video!

I wanna try these "sister chocolates" now

The dream! All 3 look delicious

Great video as always! Do you have the name of the Ethiopian Jazz song at the beginning, great tune!

"it tastes a little bit like almonds".. my head: "uhoh.. cyanide.."

Have you ever tried natsugumi or its relatives? It's a fairly interesting tree that's frost tolerant, invasive in the US and naturally fixes nitrogen in its roots.

the get outta hiya xD

3:36 dude, i heard this word all my life but had never seen the actual fruit, looks like the mother of all kiwis

Thank you

Owesome fruits

I'm so eager to try the Cupuacu and Bicolour. I've grown them both but they do not even tolerate my subtropical climate. Will probably have to travel to South America one day to try them in their natural habitat.

I want to - Nay , I must : Eat These Three Fruits !!!

Im wondering if you could make hybrids of these fruits. Imagine the possibilities! 😮

Nice bro

People also eat theobroma speciosa, a comparatively small relative fruit.

Are there any special fruits found in basque country, a land that's been around since roman times

Very nice.

I love watching these, but all fruit makes me sick! So I'm enjoying vicariously

0:40 was that a hitchhikers guide to the galaxy reference?

Theobroma bicolor fruit also emits an intense fragance once it falls.

I would love to try chocolate of the and all the varieties

Wicked I always wondered if people ever did anything with the fruit!