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I would say about...
I don't know, like five times a week
somebody asks me if I've eaten the Blue Java Banana
This is a banana that has gotten some hype
There have been headlines out there
"Blue banana tastes like vanilla ice cream"
A lot of bold claims out there about this banana
And I have not had it, until today
Today I'm going to try the famous...
Blue Java Banana
This experience was brought to you by Miamifruit.org
They were kind enough to send me a big box full of these things
So, if you want to try this they are available on their website
There is a link in the description below
Now, before I show you the banana
First let's take a look at the Internet
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That is what I was seeing online
So, imagine my surprise when I opened up a box and saw these
I originally thought I got the wrong order, because I was expecting blue bananas
These bananas....
do actually have a blue color
But is when they're unripe
It's not like shockingly blue,
as a lot of the websites online show them to be
I'd say about 90% of those pictures are altered
You know, they're adjusted at least to suggest more of a blue color than this
I mean, I could do it too. Check this out
Yeah, look how blue that is
I've made it so blue guys
It is the bluest thing in the world
It's not too hard to do that sort of thing
Especially if you're not showing your hand and face when you do it
And I think part of the reason why it looks blue is that, if you get a really good look at this
You can see it kind of has like this white dustiness around it
Now, that white dustiness on a already blueish-green color
Kind of creates this more of like an iridescent kind of color
And it makes it look even more blue under certain lighting
Even when they ripen all the way and they turn yellow,
you can still see some of that white dustiness on it
But when they are unripe, they are very pretty
When you have one of these growing in your yard, they're very pretty
Because they do have that bluish color to them
So, it's not entirely a lie
it's just
Something that I think it's exaggerated a lot
When you eat this thing, not gonna be blue
However, it does have a bluish appearance on the tree
Mystery solved
Every time I do a review of bananas people criticize the way I open it
They say me opening it this way is wrong
I should be opening it this way
Well, I'm going to open it from the center guys
Yeah. Criticize that
Wow!
already the appearance on this is...
very cool
Like this is a very white looking banana
It's got a very vibrant creamy on the inside
It's like a shockingly white color
So, the claim is that this tastes like vanilla ice cream
And...
It does not taste like vanilla ice cream, but it's delicious
This is a really really good banana
I get why people say ice cream
I think this got misconstrued somewhere,
with people spreading this information back and forth without actually trying the thing
Doesn't taste like vanilla ice cream
I'm not especially getting vanilla at all
But the texture on it,
is so soft and creamy that it has the texture of ice cream
It's like dense
but creamy at the same time
I don't know if like...
I can fully explain it
But maybe if you look at it
If you look at the half-eaten fruit that I'm holding in my hand
You can appreciate the juiciness that is going on inside that banana
This tastes very different
It has...
a berry flavor to it
My favorite banana out there, that I've referenced a few times, the Pisang Keling
Is one that is a taste like strawberry shortcake
This has...
definitely similarities to that
But, it doesn't have the breadiness or the cakiness of the Pisang Keling
If someone were to say to me this tastes a little bit more like strawberry ice cream
I'd be a little bit more on board with all of the very bold claims
On the scale, I would say the tartness on this...
is...
like a 3 out of 10
It's not quite as sour is like an orange or something
But it's more like the tartness that like a tart strawberry would have
As is slightly more sweet than a Cavendish Banana, but not by much
Let's say a Cavendish is like...
also a 3 out of 10
This is like a 4 out of 10 on sweetness
So, there's a quote that I liked by the author Douglas Adams
the writer of "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" one of my favorite books
He said, I'm gonna butcher this by the way,
but you get the gist
"Isn't it enough that a garden is beautiful
without also believing that there are fairies at the bottom of it?"
Now, Douglas Adams was obviously not talking about bananas,
but I think the sentiment...
can be applied to a lot of things in life
And that is...
you know?
Things can be great just for what they are without having to also make them blue
And also make them...
uh...
taste like ice cream,
or have them cure cancer, or what have you
I think people like to take something that is already really good
and try to manipulate it to make it even better
And maybe that's the reason why the Blue Java Banana has also...
become blue in people's minds
And, uh...
have basically the appearance and texture and flavor of soft serve
It's not
But that is by no means anything against this banana
This is absolutely delicious
This is probably...
on par or close to my favorite banana, the Pisang Keling
I say Pisang Keling I like a little bit better
just because it does have like that cakiness to it and no banana taste to it
But, this is definitely better if you like bananas
If you want something to taste like a banana,
but sooo much better
than the one that we get at supermarkets
This is definitely one to try out
This is really really good
It doesn't need to be blue
but, it is. When it's unripe
It doesn't need to taste like ice cream,
but, it does have a ice creamy like texture
So, I hope that sets things straight about the Blue Java Banana,
aka the Ice Cream Banana
Something that everyone has been telling me to try, for years. And, uh..
I finally done it, and... it was worth the wait
Thanks again to Miamifruit.org for sending me these incredible bananas
If you would like to try this yourself,
there is a link in the description below to their website, where they have these for sale
As well as a promo code, I'll put that below as well
So, thanks again
And we'll see you next time
Bye-bye
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