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We tasted and ranked 17 different Mango varieties to find the best one
This project is a dedication to a Mango Affogato that never came to be.
Growing up, my parents would bring Mangoes when returning from work and I’d eat one almost daily during summers. Every day, the Mangoes would taste different and I’d wait in excitement to eat them. I guess while I did know that different varieties of the same fruit existed, I hadn’t internalized it back then, so the different tastes of the same fruit, seemed like magic to me.
Fast forward to 2024, when Mangoes started coming to the market, through quick commerce apps – Zepto being the first, if I remember correctly.
I didn’t know which Mango to purchase, so I ended up ordering a kilo of each variety… there were 5 to 6 varieties on the app. I had to overeat for a few days, but I managed to finish the Mangoes.
A month or two later, after the loss of Mango Affogato, while I was grieving, I heard that Lalbagh Botanical Garden was hosting a Mango Festival where different varieties of Mangoes were being sold at a bulk rate.
So as I recovered with the loss of Mango Affogato, I leaned on my everlasting love for Mangoes for support. And boy did I lean hard…
I made two trips to the park on two separate weeks.
On a Sunday, I was at a friend’s place playing Dungeons and Dragons. It was near Lalbagh, so when the game session ended, I planned to visit Lalbagh.
I took an auto to the park and then a ticket and walked in with Rahil, an amazingly creative D&D player and a good friend. We spoke about the new playstation his girlfriend had bought recently and how setting it up was a challenge due to poor wifi connectivity.
While we chatted, I purchased the first load of Mangoes.