The Suncrisp apple is quite a pretty apple to behold. Not a normal red or green type, the Suncrisp is varies in hue between pale yellow and green, accompanied with flushes of red. At the top of its light hued skin, there’s sometimes a star like pattern of matte brown. It’s truly a colorful apple…
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The Keepsake apples I picked up were all a variety of shapes, sizes, and…curvatures. Supposedly that is its shtick from what I read from Orange Pippin. Despite varying shapes, they were all consistently red with some yellow flushes. But who cares about appearances when you’re just going to eat it? Well, some people do, but…
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These Otsego Tart Wild apples were ones I picked up at a Wisconsin Farmer’s Market without knowing much about them. I couldn’t find anything online about them in a general search. But I found out a lot by trying them! What did I find out…well, that their name is completely accurate. They are tart. These…
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The Sonata Apple is actually the Pinata Apple/Pinova apple. Just another name for it…and I have already reviewed the Pinata apple. Like the Kanzi/Nicoter apple, this apple has a variety of given names and branding associated with it. Which are not always well known… But I know now, thanks to Orange Pippin as usual. Regardless,…
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The Gravenstein Apple is an heirloom apple, introduced hundreds of years ago, that has reached some mainstream appeal to stories of its growing in California and cult status. Despite the association with California, I was able to get some Red Gravensteins at a Wisconsin Farmer’s Market. This ‘Red’ variety is basically a version of the…
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Full Belly Sandwich Dills…the logo and label design I like, but the name? Full Belly? How are you going to get full from eating pickles? Well, you don’t, not really, and definitely not with these. Not because they are terrible, but they are sort of sharp and tangy…yet weak. Not as dilly as you’d think…
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Unlike many people, from what I understand, I am not an avid Trader Joe’s shopper. We go there sometimes for certain reasons (such as canned Jackfruit), but not frequently. Though, when we do, we tend to pick up random shelf-stable items. Sometimes it takes us a while to get to them…sometimes we dig in pretty…
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The Hunan Gold tea is an absolutely delightful green tea. It doesn’t look green—it looks gold, like its name indicates. It doesn’t taste like a normal green tea either. It has this airy, sweet taste, but sort of…husky quality to it as well. The Hunan Gold tea has decent enough of body and flavor that…
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The White Symphony tea looks like a mess. By that, I mean it has things other than leaves in it. Seems like it is filled with debris that shouldn’t really be there. You’re paying for the leaves, right? Well, no, not really with this tea. The other stuff accompanying the leaves are buds that are…
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The Autumn Glory aesthetically is a typical apple. Nothing exciting there… The flavor, though…. The flavor has a punch of tangy sweet in the beginning. It fades a way for a few moments then finishes with a tart-tangy-ish note that lingers in your mouth. It really lingers. That’s what makes this apple special. Asides from…
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