I picked up some apple boxes for my upcoming move.
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I picked up some apple boxes for my upcoming move. (They make the best packing boxes.) One is a Cosmic Crisp box. When that cultivar showed up in stores I tried them a couple of times. At first I thought they were kind of good, very crispy & sweet. But later I decided they were too much of a good thing & they lacked the tartness of a good apple: They're too crisp, too sweet, & left a weird aftertaste. I decided they're awful.
So, thumbs up or down on Cosmic Crisp?
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I picked up some apple boxes for my upcoming move. (They make the best packing boxes.) One is a Cosmic Crisp box. When that cultivar showed up in stores I tried them a couple of times. At first I thought they were kind of good, very crispy & sweet. But later I decided they were too much of a good thing & they lacked the tartness of a good apple: They're too crisp, too sweet, & left a weird aftertaste. I decided they're awful.
So, thumbs up or down on Cosmic Crisp?
@elaterite @SrRochardBunson I’m with you, I want some bitterness in my apples, like my soul.
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I picked up some apple boxes for my upcoming move. (They make the best packing boxes.) One is a Cosmic Crisp box. When that cultivar showed up in stores I tried them a couple of times. At first I thought they were kind of good, very crispy & sweet. But later I decided they were too much of a good thing & they lacked the tartness of a good apple: They're too crisp, too sweet, & left a weird aftertaste. I decided they're awful.
So, thumbs up or down on Cosmic Crisp?
@elaterite They're fine, but never my first choice. Not as much character as Albemarle Pippin or Snapdragon or Arkansas Black, but way easier to find at a grocery store.
Definitely a step up from the even more common varieties. They don't seem to keep very long though.
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I picked up some apple boxes for my upcoming move. (They make the best packing boxes.) One is a Cosmic Crisp box. When that cultivar showed up in stores I tried them a couple of times. At first I thought they were kind of good, very crispy & sweet. But later I decided they were too much of a good thing & they lacked the tartness of a good apple: They're too crisp, too sweet, & left a weird aftertaste. I decided they're awful.
So, thumbs up or down on Cosmic Crisp?
@elaterite I think they're fine. Just over hyped. Tbh, since our apple trees started producing reliably none of the ones in the store feel like something to get excited about. Fresh off the tree is so much better.
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I picked up some apple boxes for my upcoming move. (They make the best packing boxes.) One is a Cosmic Crisp box. When that cultivar showed up in stores I tried them a couple of times. At first I thought they were kind of good, very crispy & sweet. But later I decided they were too much of a good thing & they lacked the tartness of a good apple: They're too crisp, too sweet, & left a weird aftertaste. I decided they're awful.
So, thumbs up or down on Cosmic Crisp?
@elaterite
When I first tried a Cosmic Crisp I thought it was a bit underwhelming, butI've always kind of been a "different apples for different things" person, and to me Cosmic Crisps are fine in the role I normally assign to Fujis, which is basically "dessert apple" or "pair with something tart." I still prefer Fujis, but needs must.If I want a tart apple or a cooking apple, I go straight for Granny Smith or Pink Lady. Weirdly, I've never lliked HoneyCrisp: there's something about its tartness that is artificial-chemical-ish to me. Cosmic Crisp seems to have lost whatever does that for me.
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