Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Açai and cupuaçu

While in the supermarket I saw packets of frozen fruit pulp and bought a couple of interesting ones. The açai berry is already known in Australia, it's supposed to have good nutrients but the pulp tasted of nothing. The cupuaçu has more flavour, I first noticed it when I saw one of the people on the tour bus order a batida (blended drink) of it at lunch. It's reminiscent of soursop in taste. It's a relative of the cocoa plant. Apparently it has potential as a new flavour. I don't think I will get to see a real cupuaçu fruit since it's mostly produced in Pará and Amazonias, but you can find pictures of it in Wikipedia.

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