Sadly I cannot remember everything I was told. There are dozens of varieties of mango. December - January is mango season. CR imports fruits from cooler climates (apples, etc.) as “Christmas fruit”.

I was able to try, fresh, things I’d only ever seen in cans or bottles in Compare… sugar cane juice, aloe. To the left of the server is a juice containing chunks of mango and papaya.

This fruit to the right is not as forbidding as it seems. You bite through the leathery hull and remove the top half. Inside you’ll find grape-like flesh surrounding a large pit. Yum.