the taste of persimmon

[alpacinou]

Hello.

Persimmons have a strange taste and effect on the tongue. They can become a little bit bitter and stick to your tongue and gum. I don't know how further to explain that.

Is there one word to describe that? I found "astringent" in dictionary but it says acidic but I'm not sure if persimmons are acidic.

What is the word?

 

[GoesStation]

Astringent.

 

[Rover_KE]

I eat them regularly and never find them astringent or acidic. To me, their taste is sweet, with a texture reminiscent of papayas.

 

[probus]

In terms of flavour, sour and acidic are synonymous. If your dictionary says astringent only means acidic you need a better dictionary, alpacinoutd.

 

[GoesStation]

I eat them regularly and never find them astringent or acidic. To me, their taste is sweet, with a texture reminiscent of papayas.

Unripe persimmons are horribly astringent, especially the hachiya variety, which take approximately forever to ripen.

 

[probus]

It's very difficult to get a ripe one in the frozen north where I live. But my wife's cousin in San Francisco had a persimmon tree in his yard, and I can testify that tree-ripened ones can be delicious.

 

[tedmc]

I just ate a persimmon and have not found it to stick to the tongue or gum or is bitter. What we have are mostly imported from Korea.

 

[Tdol]

Unripe ones are bitter- you could use acerbic as well as astringent. They're in season here at the moment. :-D

 

[GoesStation]

Astringency is the property of drying tissues out. If you've ever bitten into an unripe hachiya persimmon, you know what it feels like. They're tricky devils, too: they ripen from the tip to the stem end, so a fruit that's delicious on one end can be inedible on the other.