I have always loved Pears since I was a kid, but recently I’ve had a newfound adoration for Strawberries.
For fruit juices nothing beats the good ol’ apple juice :)
Pineapple and kiwi are my top two favs. I love sour stuff and these are the sourest fruits I know. But there is only one fruit I’ve tried that I really didn’t like at all and that is cantaloupe. Shit tastes like a mango that’s lost its flavor.
There are 2 types of melon that call themselves cantaloupe, and they don’t really taste like each other. Do you dislike both?
I’ve only ever had North American cantaloupe and until your comment, it was the only cantaloupe I knew to exist.
Raspberries right now
Apricots and peaches
Apples, but they have the most variance unfortunately. The height of apples is amazing, but when you get a bad one it’s utterly terrible
I rate apples on a a scale of “too much apple” to “needs more apple”. I also think most apples in grocery stores are just too big.
Honeycrisp apples have become my new favorite over the years. Even a mid honeycrisp apple beats the pants off every red delicious or washington I’ve ever had. Fuji is a close second.
Even then sometimes you just get shitty mealy ones that make me gag. My go to is honeycrisp or cosmic crisp now though
Pineapple, banana, mango. Just about any tropical fruit.
Raspberries, lychee, mango
Add bananas and your list is my list, though I did have a hankering for some grapes earlier this week
I’m not a big pear fan. Partly the general flavour, but also they always feel gritty to me. But that might depend on variety.
I really like raspberries. There aren’t many others I’d consider a favourite but I like plenty of others.
Weirdly, not a big fan of melons or most other tropical fruit.
Durian. It’s like eating a cream custard in fruit form. Longans and Lychees. (Related and similar in flavour, but not in form.) Sweet but with a little lilt of “something else” that makes them interesting.
Hard and tart yellow nectarines are the best. Regular apple juice is good but pressed apple juice is better. Cloudy and thicker, it has a less cloying flavor.
Quinces
The only fruit juice I like is orange. Can’t stand apple juice or cider. No idea why. I like apples, I just don’t like that much apple flavor in my mouth or something.
Actual fruits… my favorites are probably raspberries with the caveat that I hate the seeds getting crushed and’s sticking in my teeth. Plums are pretty good if you get them at the perfect ripeness - soft and sweet but not so juicy you look like you just left a porn shoot after eating one.
For the cider, it might be how sweet it is/tastes. You can try drinking it warm/hot or you can try turning it into Mulled Cider if you want to give cider another shot.
I don’t chew raspberries, I’m a tongue against the roof of the mouth person, unless I want to spend way too much effort digging a seed out of a tooth.
Blackberries and raspberries! I still have fond memories of picking them walking the way to and from school
Pomelo 😋
Nashi pears, berries, mango. I have a pear and blueberries on me right now.