![]() On first taste, the wine bore an unsettling resemblance to apple cider vinegar, which is understandable considering that pantry staple is made from fermenting apples.Ī sweet and fruity in taste wine made from the cashew fruit which is fermented into wine. The ice will have two effects on the cashew wine, initially it will cool off the wine and lessen the tartness, next the ice will slowly dilute the wine again smoothing the unique flavors, all the time allowing the wine to mellow and crate a satisfying aperitif or post dinner liquor.īecause cashew wine is made from fruit, it's very sweet, with a viciously tart kick. The wine is best served over ice and sipped like a fine malt or cognac. ‘A sweet and fruity taste made entirely from locally grown cashew fruit which has been fermented into wine. Personally, I think the description of cashew fruit wine below is as accurate as I could discern However, the Belizean cashew fruit wine is a unique and some Mayas would say a mystical fruit. The nut grows outside the fruit and certain chemicals from the harvesting of the nut are actually used in the production of vehicle brake liners. ![]() I was lucky to get away with a blister, but I’m still curious what it would have tasted like if I had bitten the right end.From planting to harvesting there is nothing ‘usual’ about cashew fruit or cashew fruit wine. It’s not easy to discourage animals from eating the nut, thus the unappetizing leathery covering that is filled with nothing less than a cyanide solution. The nut is the seed, and everyone knows that cashews are $10 a pound because they taste good and are good for you. The fruit is built like it is so that animals will pick them and eat the tasty orange fruit, then hopefully discard the nut encased in its leathery pouch some distance from the original tree. Even a two year old would have seen that the orange fleshy lobe looked more appetizing than the wrinkled leather pouch part, and that is exactly what the cashew fruit counts on for dispersal and survival. Even a two year old would know to spit the damn thing out, so I did and washed out my mouth with the last of our lukewarm water.Įric laughed and explained the strategy of the cashew fruit’s physiology.Īs any monkey could tell you, I had bitten the wrong end. Since I’ve never gotten past the age of two in some of the aspects of my oral development, my natural response was to put it in my mouth.Īs I tore through the skin with my teeth, I felt a searing pain on my lips and gums. I wanted to break through the leathery covering to see the nut, but couldn’t tear it with my fingers. ![]() I had seen pictures of the unusual structure an egg sized smooth skinned orange lobe with what looks like a cashew nut sewn up in a dirty wrinkled leather pouch attached to one end. When we were riding from Naranjo to Santa Teresa I spotted a cashew fruit. I mentioned that I had had a run in with a wild cashew, and showed him the blister. We were talking with Eric Olsen, who studies insect populations by collecting their poop, when the subject of rainforest fruits came up. I also got an explanation for the blister that had persisted on my upper lip for over a week. Sue and I are both biochemists, so we felt right at home talking with the scientists, and getting a perspective on some of their studies while visiting the biological research station in Santa Rosa National Park. Best Places to See Wildlife in Costa Rica.
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