californicus August 13, 2023, 5:52am 6

The winter before the pandemic (2019?), we went around Andy’s orchard to collect scions for the CRFG exchange. At the end, we walked through his persimmon collection sampling a handful of PCNAs which were ripening at that time (Jiros are done by then). I was with a group of Japanese and Chinese folks (most of them grew up in Japan/China) from the Bay Area and all of them loved the different varieties and commented on the subtle differences in flavor between them. To me, all of them tasted bland, I mean spit out bland. I guess eating sugary fruits ruined my taste buds. I was polite to not spit the first one out but couldn’t continue after that one. I love Jiro and yet to find something that’s significantly better (for my taste buds). I should try Suruga as I have seen it mentioned a few times but don’t know how that fares here.