Tasting 10 Organic Sorbets!

So, we have nine flavors here. There have been 10 total in the history of Frankie & Sherry's mead, but uh cotton candy grapes didn't come back in season this year, so we never made uh a grape sorbet. Otherwise, it would be 10 flavors, so lemon is our first original flavor. Then, I think we made orange. After we made orange, we made apple. Then, we had cotton candy grape, which hasn't been restocked, as I just said. Then, we made pineapple. And then, I went crazy. Oh wait, no, we are missing one. We're missing kiwi. I knew we forgot one. So, it should be 11 flavors, actually, if we had cotton candy grape. Now, it's 10. So, where did we leave off? After pineapple, we made the pineapple with the fresh organic pineapple. That was kind of expensive, because these first few fruits were okay, and then as we got into the berries, it got really, really expensive, and it was kind of unreasonable, uh which is why the blueberry is super expensive. Nothing was actually that crazy, besides the blueberry. The blueberry was definitely prohibitively expensive, and I I promise you no one else is ever going to make that. So, the kiwi was a really cool one. I made that flavor, and I was like, "Man, if we're going to do kiwi, let's do all the berries, too." So, we did raspberry, blackberry, blueberry, and strawberry. And I think it's really neat to preserve the flavor of especially blackberry, cuz you know, no one really likes the taste of blackberries. They never seem to taste good. And we made something that really captures the blackberry essence, and is still really, really delicious. So, I'll take you guys down the line again, just cuz it's kind of cool. Um all 10 flavors. A lot of work went into these guys, super high-quality artisanal sorbets. Every single one of these was basically a full day of work for my guys and probably a thousand dollars worth of fresh fruit. Fresh, organic fruit. Let's get it from the other side without the label. I mean, they're frosted up. Uh not really sure if we could like put them in the freezer and take a picture of them in the freezer. I don't know. The color's still not going to be right because, you know, they're frozen, but pretty neat. Pretty neat. All right, so I guess we'll start on the left. I've tried all these. Um I've never I've never had them all like at once. I just tried them while we were making them and kind of gave them like some type of nod of approval, so I can't for certain say which one I like the most. I do know this lime one was super sour, so it's definitely like you like sour stuff. Oh. It's good though. It's good. I don't know if I can eat the whole thing, but it's like it's not crazy sour. It's actually really good. Now that it's frozen, it's a lot better. When this was um when this was like right out of the machine, it it was like a little too sour. This is actually really delicious. I thought this was too sour. I think when I talked about this before, like I was mentioning it offhand, like I was like, "Oh, don't get this unless you like sour stuff." But I changed my opinion on that. I think this is delicious. I don't think anyone would like this a lime sorbet. And this is such an excellent Like if you have this in a restaurant, you'd be like, "Man, that is the most limy thing I've ever had." That's kind of what we were going for with these. We wanted to really capture what the fruit is supposed to taste like. That is so good. If I eat that much of all these, they'll be melted by the time we're done. So, lime, really delicious. I mean, I probably don't have to try the lemon because it's like lemon is the most classic one, like lemon Italian ice, it's the first flavor we ever did. It's what everyone knows. They might have put a little too much water in this one, but that's the problem. As it sits in the freezer for like a few weeks, the flavor does really change. I think the problem is I really shouldn't have tasted that lime first. Cuz now my palate's thrown off. Normally, you ta- you taste lemon sorbet, you're like, "Oh, this is pretty sour." To me, this doesn't taste sour at all, but I know it is. Like my pa- I need to I need to reset my palate because the amount of malic acid in the lemon is so much less than the lime. It's throwing me off. Definitely throwing me off. Pineapple, I mean, I'd eat this one every day. This is the one I've been eating every day myself, it's the pineapple. I like this a lot. The fruitiness and sweetness of the pineapple really comes through. It's a real You know, pineapple is a very flavorful fruit. I think that's also due to the enzyme content. It really has a powerful flavor. Like in regards to in regards to fruit flavor the pineapple definitely has like a lot of fruit flavor there. Like it's more pineapply than the others are limey or lemony. Probably the same thing with the apple. I doubt I doubt the apple can stand up to the pineapple. It kind of It's not bad. Apple's a much milder fruit than pineapple. But you still get a lot of apple flavor. That's pretty good. Unusual color. >> [clears throat] >> I guess that is apple color though. Like mildest pink. I mean it's kind of what you It's kind of what you'd expect for an apple sorbet. Um I think we can make that a little more acidic next time, but it's delicious. It has a nice apple flavor. It's very tasty. Definitely mild. Definitely the mildest out of all the sorbets we've tried so far. So if you have someone with like kind of a sensitive palate, starting them off with apple is not a bad idea. Kiwi. Oh, this one smells, man. That's pungent. Oh my god. Oh man. That is pungent. Very pungent. It tastes really good, but it definitely smells weird compared to the other ones. Oh, that's good. Very pungent very pungent flavor compared to like the other ones. Like it's it's on level with pineapple. It's like a very powerful kiwi flavor. And this one has a very dense and smooth texture compared to the other ones. It's a lot denser. Very smooth. Almost like eating jam. Like frozen jam. That's really good. If you've never had kiwi before, that's a pretty good introduction to kiwi. I like it. Orange. I haven't had this one in a while. Very mild. I mean compared to the stuff we've been eating like the acid content and the flavor of orange is just so much more mild than the other ones. You know what? I I should have really put these in an order more conducive to not blowing out my palate. I should have had the apple first. I should have had the orange second. Lemon and lime should have probably been last. These ones I tried first should have probably been last. Cuz they're the most acidic and flavorful. Orange should have definitely been like one of the first ones. Mhm. I don't know how to feel about this one. If we have to use a different type of orange to get more orangey flavor. You know what? It's pretty good. It just doesn't scream like orange juice to me. That's interesting. That's another mild one where it's not as like up front as the other ones. So now raspberry, blackberry, blueberry, strawberry. Again, I was really thinking I would just put all these into one flavor instead of doing separate berry stuff. Oh. That's kind of crazy. Oh, man. That's delicious. This this might objectively be the best one just because the texture is so smooth. Raspberry has a really delicious balance of berry flavor and acidity. And this texture is so smooth and airy. For some reason it held up differently than the other ones. That's crazy. It's like creamier than ice cream. That's insane. That's crazy. Very delicious raspberry flavor. Not sweet. Not too sweet. Definitely sweet. Not too sweet, not too acidic. Really, really delicious. I think if you had to try one, that's at the top of the list so far. Okay, so wow. So, the texture of these berries seems to be different than the other fruits. It seems to be very different. It's much smoother, much creamier. This black If you've never had blackberry before or you've only had bad blackberries, this is you need to try this. When you eat this, you're like, "Wow, that's what a blackberry is supposed to taste like." It tastes like pie. Like eating blackberry pie filling. This is really good. This is crazy. This is good as a raspberry. Wow. Really amazing texture. Phenomenal. That's really freaking good. That's really good. I would say both the raspberry and the blackberry are definitely on par with each other. Okay, this the blueberry is not as creamy not as creamy. I wonder why the texture of those is so different than these. I wonder if it has to do with the moisture content of the fruit is a lot lower. And redu- maybe reducing the moisture content will make it a lot creamier. We can try that next time. But, blueberry not as creamy as the blackberry. I mean, not as Mhm. Like a mild blueberry flavor. I would say, if you like blueberries, get this, but maybe I don't know, maybe we need to put more lemon juice in this one. It's pretty good. It's just like usually you don't eat blueberries at this concentrated. It's a really strong blueberry flavor. It's really strong. It's like blueberry in your face. I would say just as delicious as the raspberry and blackberry, but the texture isn't as good. Let's see, strawberry. Oh, wow. The texture doesn't look as creamy, but it does feel as creamy. It does feel creamy. And the strawberry flavor here is amazing. This is like pure pure strawberry essence. This is great. Really special. Now, what I want to do is I want to have the raspberry, the strawberry, and the blackberry next to each other and try these again. And I'll try them all together, too, so strawberry, raspberry, blackberry. That's pretty cool, right? All three on the spoon. Make your own mixed berry. Pretty interesting. Mixed berry is a pretty delicious combination. So, we got strawberry. Got raspberry. Blackberry. Man, these are all so good. These are all so good. They're all so special. You definitely have to try them. The flavor of the strawberry is a lot more pungent than the raspberry and the blackberry. You know what? Blackberry is slightly milder. Doesn't have as much acidity as the raspberry. The raspberry is sharp. Has a nice bite to it. But, it doesn't have as much fruit flavor as the strawberry. The strawberry has a very powerful strawberry flavor. In regards to like fruit forwardness, the strawberry has a lot of flavor here. I think the raspberry has the best texture. And the blackberry is kind of like the wild card because you've never tasted blackberry like that before. So, all these sorbets, guys, are amazingly delicious. They are all worth trying. Um the ones that maybe I didn't speak as positively about, they are cheaper. Some of these are around $8 or $9. The blue The blueberry is the most expensive. Is it worth the most expensive? No. It's just really expensive because blueberry is expensive. Um I don't know if it's possible to match the texture of I don't know if we could get all the textures like the raspberry and the blackberry. I would assume those are slightly drier fruits. But all these recipes were pretty much identical. The recipes were pretty identical, so I find it hard to believe that the water content of the fruit accounts for that much of a discrepancy. But all these are amazing, guys. All of them around the $10 price point besides the blueberry, so I hope you really enjoy them. Kind of the end of summer, so we'll see how they sell. Um and maybe we won't have to make another batch until uh until next summer, but I mean, I'd like to make them more. Uh so, thank you guys for joining. frankiesurfinice.com, we have all these delicious sorbets. And uh I guess no cotton candy grape, huh?