Anyone ever tasted a mangosteen?

AH! I really want to try mangosteen! I hear it is life changing!
But it’s unfortunately illegal to import and they havent started growing in the US yet. :(

I had them in Thailand. They’re sweet, but they don’t taste like mangoes which is what I expected them to taste like. They reminded me of strawberries or peaches. Other people said it tasted like sorbet. Some of them can be a little bit bitter though.

Me too, in Thailand. I thought it was beautiful. Yes, maybe strawberries and… peaches? Yes, maybe that’s it. But more elusive, maybe. It’s a slightly
inconvenient fruit to eat, but worth it. Beautiful.

I love mangosteens!!! They are wonderful. I also had them in Thailand (and then tried to eat them in China but they were imported and not fresh enough). I echo the cross between berry and treefruit (maybe apples?). They are sweet without being cloying and totally worth the difficult peeling process.

I hear the juices made from Mangosteen are expensive. They are available at http://xango.com and other places. Never tried it myself.

I know its not anything like a real mangosteen but Snapple Peach Mangosteen is AMAZING. I also had canned mangosteens recently but canned fruit never tastes anything close to fresh, still though they were pretty awesome.

Mangosteens are delicious! I’d have to agree with the berry/peaches comparison as far as taste goes. I wanted to add that the texture of mangosteens is very light, a mixture of creaminess and fluffiness—unlike any fruit I’ve ever had. Be careful with peeling the rind because it can stain, apparently it is used to make dyes for batik.

I just started wearing a fragrance from Fresh called Mangosteen and now I’m dying to try the fruit. It’s the best summer scent – very berry/peach/hints of citrus.

Why can’t the fruit be imported?

@baseballnut actually they can now. Im sorry i lost the site that you can buy them from, but i know its a place out of settle that imports them, and then they will ship them out to you. As of 2007 they were allowed in US. I would have bought some from the site when i found it, but they arent in season again until sometime next year.

Thanks – the smell of the scent is so unique that people always ask what I’m wearing and then the inevitable, “What’s a mangosteen?” (Maybe I’m overdoing the scent if people are asking, huh?)