Mexico's Tropical Fruit Guided Tasting in Mexico City
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Taste your way through Mexico’s fruits with a local guide. Learn the stories, recipes, and cultural secrets behind each exotic bite. A fun, surprising, and flavorful tasting in Mexico city.
Highlights
- Get expert insights on nutrition, history, uses, and flavor
- Try exotic tropical fruits you’ve likely never seen before
- Learn fun facts, food tips, and even fruit-based Mexcian recipes
- Optionally Walk through a real farmer’s market with a friendly local guide
Description
This is not a cooking class or a typical food tour, it’s a juicy, flavor-packed dive into Mexico’s tropical bounty, led by a local fruit enthusiast. If you choose the full experience, you’ll begin with a guided walk through a traditional market in Mexico city, where your host will handpick and open a variety of exotic fruits for you to try, some familiar, others wildly unexpected. Prefer to skip the market? You can opt for the tasting session only, in a relaxed setting. While tasting, you’ll learn about: Nutritional benefits Cultural roots and regional stories Seasonal availability and local farming Traditional uses in Mexican cuisine, drinks, and even remedies From tart guanábana to creamy mamey, spicy tamarind to refreshing pitaya, this experience will awaken your taste buds and immerse you in the flavors of the Yucatán and beyond. Some examples of our tasting: Mango with chili and chamoy - Jicama with lime and salt - Fresh coconut with chili and lime - Chicozapote (Sapodilla) - Mexican plum Mamey - Maradol -papaya - Soursop (Guanábana)-Red dragon fruit (Pitahaya) Esquites with bone marrow - Corn cake - Marquesitas - Churros with cajeta - Tamarind candy - Coconut candy - Palanqueta de cacahuate - Mazapán de cacahuate - Alegrías de amaranto - Chaya water with pineapple - Tejuino with lime sorbet - Coconut horchata - Cacao-based pozol - Xtabentún - Gorditas de nata - Edam Cheese Cake (Queso de Bola Cake) - Conchas - Dulce de leche quemada - Borrachitos - Kibis YucatecosIncludes
Guided tasting of 15+ tropical fruits If you choose the market option a walking tour of a local farmer’s market Cultural insights, nutritional info & fun facts Tastes of juice and native Mexican fruits Local guide fluent in English (and passionate about fruit!)Important Information
- since you'll be trying small portions of various fruits, we don't recommend you skip breakfast.
