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Apple review: Cosmic Crisp
Yep, the hot new Honeycrisp-slayer that everyone's talking about is finally here. I am not an "If you like Honeycrisp, you'll love..." apple eater; I am more likely to be interested in an apple if it is nothing like Honeycrisp. I have eaten one too many shitty, slickly marketed Honeycrisp descendants, and I don't need another. My hopes are not very high for this.
Bristol Farms wanted FIVE BUCKS A POUND, but I got mine for a more reasonable amount at Ralphs (but only somewhat reasonable, because I swear this apple probably weighs an entire pound by itself).
It has a fancy website, naturally. "In partnership with the Cosmic Crisp® apple, we encourage you to Imagine the Possibilities™. ... We invite you to take a look through our Media Kit, where you’ll find fun and useful assets that convey why the Cosmic Crisp® is truly the Apple of Big Dreams™."
I'm so tired.
Adam, no big fan of Honeycrisp, doesn't totally hate it: "The apple has a sweet aroma that is both floral and smokey. Dwell on that: smokey. ... Cosmic Crisp strongly favors pure sweetness, a mix of corn syrup and cane sugar, but there are other flavors of interest. There is a floral note and a bit of that smokiness, also hints of grain and spice. It's not really enough spice to add up to barbecue sauce, though the sugar and the smoke are there. ... The sugar level strikes me as excessive, but that's not exactly going to be a problem with the sweet-toothed public. At least unless tastes change."
I mean, I guess if it tastes like barbecue sauce that would at least be interesting. Mine doesn't smell floral or smokey, though. Mine doesn't smell like anything. It's also AS BIG AS MY HEAD, which is ridiculous unless you're trying to feed your whole family.
Let's see if eating it improves my mood!
Verdict: Well, it's quite crisp, I'll give it that. And, oof, very sweet, without any balancing tartness. The aftertaste was a little cidery. It really doesn't turn brown readily -- the core isn't browning even now -- so I guess that's a point in its favor.
But my overall impression is not positive. I felt pretty gross by the time I'd finished, because it was SO MUCH and SO SWEET. I only ate the whole thing because I was hungry. I have regrets.
Buy again? Once was enough. I suppose the sweetness will make it popular, but I really can't imagine many people finishing one, because they're so stupidly huge. It might be a good apple to slice up and eat in smaller quantities, I guess, if you like that sort of thing.
Bristol Farms wanted FIVE BUCKS A POUND, but I got mine for a more reasonable amount at Ralphs (but only somewhat reasonable, because I swear this apple probably weighs an entire pound by itself).
It has a fancy website, naturally. "In partnership with the Cosmic Crisp® apple, we encourage you to Imagine the Possibilities™. ... We invite you to take a look through our Media Kit, where you’ll find fun and useful assets that convey why the Cosmic Crisp® is truly the Apple of Big Dreams™."
I'm so tired.
Adam, no big fan of Honeycrisp, doesn't totally hate it: "The apple has a sweet aroma that is both floral and smokey. Dwell on that: smokey. ... Cosmic Crisp strongly favors pure sweetness, a mix of corn syrup and cane sugar, but there are other flavors of interest. There is a floral note and a bit of that smokiness, also hints of grain and spice. It's not really enough spice to add up to barbecue sauce, though the sugar and the smoke are there. ... The sugar level strikes me as excessive, but that's not exactly going to be a problem with the sweet-toothed public. At least unless tastes change."
I mean, I guess if it tastes like barbecue sauce that would at least be interesting. Mine doesn't smell floral or smokey, though. Mine doesn't smell like anything. It's also AS BIG AS MY HEAD, which is ridiculous unless you're trying to feed your whole family.
Let's see if eating it improves my mood!
Verdict: Well, it's quite crisp, I'll give it that. And, oof, very sweet, without any balancing tartness. The aftertaste was a little cidery. It really doesn't turn brown readily -- the core isn't browning even now -- so I guess that's a point in its favor.
But my overall impression is not positive. I felt pretty gross by the time I'd finished, because it was SO MUCH and SO SWEET. I only ate the whole thing because I was hungry. I have regrets.
Buy again? Once was enough. I suppose the sweetness will make it popular, but I really can't imagine many people finishing one, because they're so stupidly huge. It might be a good apple to slice up and eat in smaller quantities, I guess, if you like that sort of thing.