Achacha Review - Weird Fruit Explorer in Malaysia - Ep. 99
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Achacha (Garcinia humilis)
Origin: South Amazon Basin
Found these babies at Cold Storage super market in Kuala Lumpur shortly before heading back to NYC. They turned out to be one of my favorite fruits of all time.
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the first :48 seconds of this feels like its the opening credits of the weirdest filmed-before-a-live-studio-audience sitcoms.
I'd watch it.
hahaha its like SNL: for weirdos that like fruit.
Lol
@@WeirdExplorer I would absolutely watch that
Honestly, it does sound a little bit like a cross between "Suzanne" by Leonard Cohen and the opening theme from MASH, "Suicide is painless."
@@WeirdExplorer whats the song called
Ive just found these for the first time (I've lived in Australia my whole life, never seen them before). Holy crap they're so good. They're just as good as mangosteen but they're actually affordable. I bought one to try, ate it in the mall, and immediately went back to buy a load of them.
Where did you buy them? I wanna try too!
That music is like from a very sad and low budget old movie. It makes me think the guy in these fruit videos might be trapped in an infinite time loop of living the same life over and over, just travelling the world only to have to review fruits, never again to enjoy cheeseburgers. Maybe he had a disordered passion for fruit, and this is his punishment until it leaves his system countless eons from now. The reality probably is something more mundane. Aliens probably have programmed him to do this so they can have a complete record of the fruits of earth.
hypoeddy WOW. I'm high, but not high enough, apparently. 😁
it is from some old movie but i forget which one... something about a cat
You have the real chrystal balls
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You have a nice imagination. Your head must be a wondrous or incredibly frightening place. Although if he is trapped in a time loop, he seems to be enjoying the experience. Learned how to do some neat bendy stuff too. And if aliens programmed him, I'm learning too so thanks I guess?
Just got my first Achachairu planted yesterday. Ya know, you've probably not only inspired me, but tons of other fruit lovers to actually seek out and aquire these crazy plants from around the world.
My dad is Bolivian and it's my favourite fruit.
Here in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, it's achachairu season right now and you literally can buy in every corner at about 3-5 bucks for 100 units. I really enjoy this seasin lol.
agh I'm so jealous
What time of year do they sell it? I am planning to visit bolivia just to eat Achachas. Also what is it called in bolivia?
Summer
@@abdulrahmanq7127 hey sorry it's a year late but I just saw this lol. The season for the fruit starts en november until january. Here we call it Achachairu.
@@abdulrahmanq7127 the original name es achachairu is written in Guarani language means (kiss of honey)
Yes, Sir unfortunately you are wrong. Achachairu (Orgininal name) comes from Bolivia. Actually a Bolivian took it to Australia and he started commercializing the fruit there. I know the whole story because I am Bolivian and its a friend from a friend who took it there. Good Video keep the good job.
+ProRallyDriver Thanks! I never said its from Australia though, I said its from the Amazon and it is. However, I didn't know that its specifically from the section of the Amazonian rain forest that is in Bolivia; so thanks for clarifying that. That's fascinating that you have a connection to the person responsible for spreading this lovely fruit to Australia. If you see them, shake their hand for me. If it weren't for them I wouldn't have ever tried what is currently my favorite fruit.
+Jared Rydelek Yes Sir you are right you didn't say that, My apologies. You will find them specifically in Santa Cruz, Bolivia and there is another species that is called OKORO which is the same but the exterior in like hard hair ... Very interesting. You should try ACHACHAIRU in Salads and even make a Juice out of it! Its delicious! For me the best juice in the world Ha!
Ocoro looks very interesting! I hopefully will get a chance to visit South America soon.
Jared Rydelek Awesome! If you do let me know. I'll be there in December. Ocoro its on me! :)
I love u@@WeirdExplorer
I'm starting a small tropical fruits collection in greenhouse at school. Your videos have provided a lot of inspiration for my choices; this one is a great example! When choosing a garcinia, I went to the expert to choose one! Its called Achchachiru sometimes too I think? I'm very excited to have my fruit many years down the road.
Check out my Atlas Obscura article: www.atlasobscura.com/foods/achachairu-achacha
ACHACHAIRÚ una fruta originaria de la amazonia "Boliviana".
Diego Aldunate Ortiz I can only understand you because I know spanish
@@ishpal25 i mean tbh this sentence specifically is pretty easy to guess what they're saying without knowing Spanish
@@snowparody Yhea guess u are right about that
What a world we live in where a man can make a living by eating fruit in front of other people and explaining their flavor. What a wonderful world...
The intro reminded me of a 1970s movie. Pretty cool
Its actually from an early 80s horror movie, the black cat. :)
Achachairú from Bolivia
lol bro i love how you always soil the experience by trying to eat the part of the fruit that nobody eats. goes from 100 to 0 real quick. your discontent makes for good content
Had to come back to say that I just bought an achacha tree yesterday and couldn’t be happier. You’re the reason I found out about this fruit. I’ll be sure to let you know if it fruits in my lifetime. Mucho gracias 🙏
Please keep all the old videos up, they are so helpful
Fun story: my bf found out the hard way that he's very allergic to these. Hives and digestive tract swelling. Bizarre thing to be allergic to.
Is he okay now?
I have a hard time not imagining myself as being anything other than your best bro.
Funny enough, having lived in Australia for a while I’ve never seen it there. I tried it in Canada upon my return. Sometimes they randomly sell it at supermarkets here. Delicious.
in Canada? wild
@@WeirdExplorer yea Vancouver gets a lot of exotic fruit, closest port and airport to Asia and we have a very diverse group of people living here. More first gen immigrants than local born. Good selection of exotic fruit, not always cheap but good. They fly in ripe nam doc Mai mangoes from Thailand in season and they are 🔥 🥭 $7 per mango tho. Mango season is coming! Mexican a Ataulfo mangoes are much cheaper and those will be available soon but they don’t slap nearly as hard as a nam doc Mai.
really? where?
Achachairu*!! Santa Cruz BOLIVIA!! ;v
Alejandra Bazan desgraciadamente vosotros no disteis a conocer vuestra fruta, muy regional del oriente Boliviano. Lastimosamente los australianos la han llevado a su tierra y la están dando a conocer como una fruta Australiana, cosa que es totalmente falso. Saludos.
Yo tengo 4 hectáreas de achachairu
Beautiful beautiful fruit! Every year in Sydney we buy these by the boxful.
I'm very jealous, I hope they make it to the USA one day
I had watched one of your favorite fruit videos recently and clicked on this without reading it when the algorithm brought it up. When you came into frame with the “ACHACHACHA” I about spit out my drink. If you have merch, that has got to go on a shirt! 😂
I hope you get an opportunity one day to try the bacuri (platonia insignis). It's like an achacha or bacupari but from the brazilian amazon and the size of a freaking pummelo. Definitely on my bucket list
These are sometimes sold in the UK when in season (Marks and Spencer, Brit fruit fans). Very nice indeed.
El verdadero nombre es achachairu y es originario de BOLIVIA especialmente de Santa Cruz !! Es 💯 Boliviano !!
@@dosalduque8190 Es de Santa Cruz !!!
@@dosalduque8190 es de SCZ, nadie conoce Beni 😬
@@dosalduque8190 los pata amarilla son los benianos acopaibao
@@dosalduque8190 colla
Achachairu is the best fruit ever! Love it!
I've lived in Australia my entire life yet I've never seen one 😭😭 now that I've said this I bet I'll see one next time I go grocery shopping or at least when they're in season next dhdhdhd- I've had star fruit and custard apple (both are my top 2 favourite fruits, star fruit being my number 1 favourite) yet I've never seen these ones! I'll have to keep my eyes better peeled (: maybe I've simply just missed them for the last 20 years
Which city are you in?
Did you try a red desert quandong yet? From the dry sclerophyll plains and forests of Australia, ripen in late spring. They are rich, tart and mildly sweet and very addictive, but tree is difficult to cultivate because it is a root parasite. Make great pies and jams. Fancy chefs dangle a few bits over meat dishes, but that isn't enough to get the flavour. You can buy dried ones.
Really excited to try one. I obtained a seedling from a online seller, it's about 10 inches tall and is slow growing here in California but I will be happy many years later should it become mature and bear fruit. Thanks for sharing
Love achaha! The skin makes delicious drinks!
I hope to try that soon!
On mine the skin tasted terrible. No thanks. Fruit is good.
"Achachairu"
Thanks! I have a couple trees of these fruits on pots. Will be planting them shortly. The person I bough my first tree from told me the name is achachairu. He has one that looks more like that fruit, but he calls it Bacupari. Seed from the only specimen I planted was a lot smaller and round, although a year ago a friend gave me big seeds like the one you have......will try to learn more about it and let you know. Blessings!
Yes. Checked for scientific names. Both look more or less the same. Two genus get confused as well. Rheedia gardneriana. Other one is Garcinia laterifolia.
Yes I've had Bacupari as well, its really tasty, but I still prefer the achachairu
3:34 its been 6 months I try to find a fruit of Achacha to get one of those (fresh seeds), extremely hard to fin here in Canada apparently...
These little cuties are also called the Honey Kiss Fruit
I'm from Australia. Never seen one. Never heard of them. Gunna try n find em now though
ACHACHA aka Jimmy Durante fruit?
I managed to get ahold of these things. I'm attempting to germinate the seeds.
I find that these taste like the flavor of a sweet tart candy with very very strong floral notes, almost like rose petals and sweettarts made a baby that was very very juicy and addictive.
Just so I can properly gauge you're descriptions, when you say these fruits have a peppery taste do you mean the spice or like bell peppers or any of those cultivars?
As in the spice. Maybe a bit like black pepper.
Surprisingly you can find it pretty easily and cheap in the UK.
Nice! the US needs to get on allowing this one here.
really? can you remember where?
Try Big Marks and Spencer's stores in February or March and you should find them :)
the most exotic fruit i've been able to find here is dragon fruit which i'm not a fan of
does marks and spencer's stock other exotic fruit?
If you want to try this fruit, just come to Santa Cruz - Bolivia (the origin place where this fruit is come from). Long live Bolivia! :)
Sorry for saying this, but you never say in this video the real origin of this refreshing fruit.
I had a fantastic time in Santa Cruz last year. I don't recall seeing these there, I think it wasn't the right season, but I did find them up in the Bolivian Amazon.
What time of year will I find it in Bolivia?
@@dosalduque8190 Es de Santa Cruz el Achachairú e inigualable y refrescante. El el Beni no es dulce y es mas pequeño.
one of my favourite fruits were i live in sydney i see these grow in the streets
sounds like paradise to me
Haha yeah right!!! Where in Sydney?, do tell. Mangoes fall from the sky into the streets in Brisbane, but achacha in Sydney? You're dreaming
the intro kinda sounds like MASH. I love it
ha thanks!
I can give you a name of our native rainforest fruits
Redan fruits easily found at muadzam shah
Mentiga fruits
Keranji fruits
Keranji I have had, its listed as velvet tamarind on my channel. The other two I'm not sure, I would love to go back to M'sia one of these days and try and track down some more fruit though. :)
Jared I'm Aussie and never have seen Achacha till I watched ur video. They sell em online. 4.5kg box for $65aud. Thinking bout trying em. Can't find them in any shops
Which city do you live in? I’ve seen these in Brisbane and Sydney and Cairns seem to have them.
They are in season atm, so keep trying smaller speciality grocers. Its really all up to if they bother stocking them :(
Im Australian and ive only ever seen these fruits once in the supermarket and when i had them they were very bad and sour they had no sweetness. Ive never seen them again. From what i can tell there was alot of hype about Achacha 4 years ago but since then the marjet has flopped. There is a reputation in Australia that all the best quality fruit is sent to overseas markets and we often get the poorer quality. I assume because our population is only 24 million and big commercial farmers don't bother even trying to create a good reputation of fruit here when they can get better mobey from overseas markets. There is only one commercial plantation in Australia and currently it's on the market looking for an international buyer.
Fortunately just found some of their produce in a local grocer here in Aus, the avaliablity is very hit and miss. Previously I've only been able to get it in person from the plantation operators selling via markets. Its unfortunate since I quite like it, reminds me of cherry guava.
I'm in Brisbane and I'm.looking to buy some while my own plants grow!
Liked and subbed you..will have trip in malaysia one day..will try explore there..thanks for sharing..Im excited
+Sheila Mae Sinoy Thanks! Hope you get there soon!
Best intro ever lol
I know this is an odd request, but this particular song you use in your old videos really started growing on me. Could you provide us with a name? Shazam doesn’t have my back
Well, I guess the take - home ;lesson tor today is that the Achacha is as delicious to eat, as it is fun to say......Interesting and informative as always. Thanks for making thid!
Thanks!
You should patent your facial expressions as an industry standard for the fruit flavour test! 1-10. This fruit was a 10. The peel was a 1. Next week's looks like it's going to be 1 too lol :)
haha, thanks! Yeah the next fruit is definitely on the lower end of the spectrum.
Proud owner of a young tree. Very hard to get them here in Australia and hard to germinate from seed.
good job my friend
I want to eat it too
I live in Washington Wenatchee where can I get a yellow mangosteen or this fuit
Yellow mangosteen they have for sale here: miamifruit.org/products/gamboge-box-pre-order?aff=24
Achacha I haven't found in the US yet. But the same site has one that is quite similar in flavor: miamifruit.org/collections/everything/products/charichuelo-box?aff=24
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Luc from Mexico wrote that the Luc's Garcinia is way better! can u believe it?
What is the name of the store where you bought those achacha fruits ?I have been searching on the internet for the store that sells achacha in Kuala Lumpur but can't seem to find any info.I would truly appreciate it if you can share with me the location and the name of the store.
Oh! Achacha
is loquat mango is confused with loquat?
That knife is from Daiso!
have you ever heard of and tried icecream bean fruit???
Dawn Dixon I've never had it but will be hunting for it in s America next week :)
I'll be looking for the video!! You're pretty awesome too!!
Thanks Dawn :) If I find it, maybe it'll be the 200th episode
@@Trubble912 Your comment was in that ice cream bean video
it's a fckin' shame that our bolivian goberment doesnt take advantage to industrialize this deliciousness, and instead the world knows achachairú because some australians took it and did it first
The mist delicious and amazing fruit in the world seem to come from Bolivia! I'm growing a selection if your country's best fruits in my grove in Brisbane Australia. It's o my subtropical but hopefully they grow
Black goji is one I'm curious about since I plan on growing this in Canada.
Jared! Love the series. Always finding out about new rare fruit from watching your channel. Mangosteen is my favorite fruit, so when someone says something is better than purple mangosteen, it makes me want to travel as much as possible.
I am currently growing a berry that has been promised as one of the most delicious fruits ever called "chilean guava". Have you ever tried it/ heard of it?
Purple mangosteen was my favorite too until I discovered yellow mangosteen...And then I discovered this variety. There are many other kinds of mangosteen too that I hope to try.
I have not had the Chilean guava! Do you know where it grows?
Jared Rydelek It was grown commercially in Australia as "tazziberry" for a while. I think chile/argentina were the major places to find it. Also, some nurseries in california sell the plant. Exotica rare fruit nursery and Sacred Succulents both sell it.
Thanks for the info Garrett! Next time I'm in CA I'll have to go hunting at those nurseries.
No prob!
If you ever visit chicago, let me know and ill share some fresh goji berries with ya. I grow them indoors year-round!
Cool Garrett! Will keep you posted
For your 100th video are you still going to do the "weird things" in where ever you're at. I really loved and admired your other video on how weird that other country wwas
I have a weird world video for Laos finished, but it violated a copyright, so I'm fixing it. The 100th episode will be a pretty in depth look at the betel nut.
I've been watching WFE for years. Why the f is RUclips pushing this to me eight years later, ha ha
ACHACHAIRU IS FROM SANTA CRUZ-BOLIVIA 🇧🇴
Great video, now I'll have to search for seeds haha
definitely worth growing if you can :)
Julie's Jungle If you're in Australia they can be bought here: www.daleysfruit.com.au/buy/achacha-tree.htm
Oh I wish - unfortunately am in Germany and couldn't track them down so far. thanks a lot for the help though :)
Oh I wish - unfortunately am in Germany and couldn't track them down so far. thanks a lot for the help though :)
Oh I wish - unfortunately am in Germany and couldn't track them down so far. thanks a lot for the help though :)
The music: The Dark Crystal
Back when WFE had the best theme tune on RUclips.
The name is the fruit is achucharu 🤷♂️
I saw that coming 1:00
I live in Australia and I've never once seen this fruit, lol.
Which city
@@griffinc3263 Melbourne, we get loads of different fruits but I've never seen that one, Rambutans and Leichi and stuff are super common, but the achacha and a few of the other fruits that he gets that come from Australia I've never seen.
@@Andoryuuu I don't know much about Melbourne, but I'm sure some places in Springvale might sell it. Also, check random fruit stores with good selection. They are in season from February to April.
@@griffinc3263 Cheers, I appreciate the advice, I'll keep an eye out!
@@Andoryuuu They're in season now!
Slow growing Abiu and Achacha trees -- not an iota of growth in six months in my greenhouse, about five inches tall. Awww enough bitching, cuz if you recall me, I was despairing over ever getting to grow my own favorite fruit in the universe...the legendary TAHITIAN PUMMELO. I suddenly have FOUR of the buggers thanks to a university of California professor who cleft grafted me MULTIPLE tahitian pummelosfor for NO charge, not even shipping costs. Now it is God's Will whether southern cal is as suited a climate as Tahiti for this WONDER FRUIT! Some fruits, say a Washington naval orange, that are tropical in origin, first discovered in Brazil when it was called the Bahia orange, but actually do better in the ferocious heat in Southern California. Knock on wood. Also have 25 paw paw cultivars, which I baby like hell. And patience one must have with getting the paw paw through it first three years. But they are by far my favorite annona fruit, beating Cherimoyas, atemoyays and, Guanabanas with its rich almond or vanilla flavor, much easier to eat than other Annonas, and I've 20 of the young ambrosial fruit 's cultivars under massive misting system attached to madake (ma-DOK-ey) bamboo culms some reaching forty feet., You're show is so much fun, and I love it when you keep trying to eat a Noni YOU, my friend, are a unique and natural stand up Comedian. Keep this show going ad infinitum -- it simply won't do if you suddenly vanish from You tube. It would ruin your reputation, also, if you should die trying out fruits as bad as nonies, but I know one fruit even worse, the Wood Apple of south India. YIKES!
I am in Northern California. I would love to buy a Tahitian pomelo from you. I am also going to try and grow this Achacha in my greenhouse
I’ve always though of abiu being a relatively fast grower. Maybe it just grows quickly in warm climates.
@@griffinc3263 They are -- I just had a sick little Ross sapote, I think, masquerading as an Abiu .
you been in malaysia? well i suggest for weird fruit hunt in malaysia is dabai fruit. you should go sarawak or sabah they hav weird local wild fruit.
I'll be in Sabah this February. Would I be finding interesting fruit there too, or do I need to make a trip to Sarawak?
hmmm as far i know dabai fruit can be found many in limbang,miri,mukah and sibu(you can find in kapit also). if in sabah you can found fruit called kembayau. the season usually similiar with the durian season.
as far i heard kembayau and dabai actually same fruit. but my experience( i been fooled to my self) i did bought fruit called kembayau which i thouht it was dabai (but the seller still insist it kembayau) and eat it.... it different. dabai much better.(so other seller might say it kembayau....it maybe was dabai....or not, maybe becoz due misscomunication)
dabai is special...you can't eat directly similiar as breadfruit that need to be cook first but dabai just only need to be soak with warm water for 5-10 minit(i guess). then you can eat it...it size similiar to dried date n look like big black olive fruit....the texture similiarly to avocado..buttery(after you soak it). same with kembayau...also need to be soak with warm water but it less buttery and taste a little bitter.
another type of fruit in sarawak as i know that need to be soak with warm water is engkalak fruit(round fruit with pink colour and white flesh....and it have a hat or it only me asume that it have hat). so if you go sarawak, open your eyes to these fruit...engkalak, dabai or kembayau(you might find interesting fruit also there. you can google the image in google search.
and in sarawak these are season fruit (engkalak are much rare compare to dabai). it easier if you look at morning market (pasar tamu) and if it on season..you can see street stall along the road)
P/s: i heard sabah have red durian. i dont know the season for it
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where in KL? i really wanna try this..name of the shop or area?
Cold storage in PJ. The one next to Ikea. I don't know if they usually get them since these were in the discount bin, but you might get lucky.
Bruh where can I find theses in USA
They're not a thing here, in Australia. We prefer purple mangosteens.
Do you keep your seeds? I would love to buy them from you.
You can buy the baby trees in the US. I just got one in LA.
I have this fruit thats hard and greenish yellow would can you tell me shat it is
I would need to see a picture.
I cant send one on here any other way i can reach you?
I posted it on my googleplus
What's that dude burning at :38? Meat??
yep. I think he's burning the hair off a cow leg.
Sell me the seeds
I'm growing this from seed, but it will be many years before I get to enjoy the fruit sadly.
Good luck, it's well worth the wait.
Hi, I'm from Puerto Rico. I'd like it if you could send me some seeds, please. Thank you.
Not gonna marry it like Pee weW Herman married fruit salad Huh?
ah-cha-cha
I sold that fruit of Someone want it, I have 500 trees of achachairu.
makina 22 place, do you have fruit plant
Never seen it in Australia, and I live in an are where there's a lot of Asians.
Which city
@@griffinc3263 Sydney
@@markopolo3435 I've heard people finding it in some fruit stores in Sydney. Just keep an eye out for it in well stocked fruit stores and you might get lucky. They are in season from February to April.
@@griffinc3263 👍
El nombre real el achachairu
WTF? You never described the taste, except "it's good.The seeds are woody." You kept referencing mangosteen, but I have no idea what that tastes like. It's like me describing music to you, and saying, "Music? It's nice, like with rhythm. It's a lot like humming but better. " WTF, man? describe the damned taste. Resiny candy sounds disgusting.
Yeah I know what you mean, but the problem is that there really is no way to describe a mangosteen that does it justice. That is why I said in the video that if you haven't had it, to try and find it and try it. I gave levels of sweetness and sourness and the notes of mango, pepper, peaches, etc... to break the flavor down as best I can, but without having had a garcinia before there isn't much else to say. Its a completely different fruit and a lot of the fruit you get at a supermarket is trash. Keeping with your music metaphor: its like trying to duplicate the sound of a cello when all you have are slide-whistles and kazoos.
Bolivia...!! Achachairu - Achacha