No doubt this is to some extent a question of personal taste. For me, although the Chaunsa mentioned in the article is among the best, nothing beats a beautifully ripe Sindhri mango. I lived in that region for a while, and the all-too-short Sindhri season was one of the highlights of the year.

Citation: Me, a paki who has lived abroad in different countries and tasted kenyan, thai, indian and paki mangoes

;p

might be the patriot in me, or maybe i've had access to more mangoes (both in quantity and variety), but mangoes here just taste ....orgasmic

and we don't even get the good stuff, that's exported

I thought that claim might start a battle with South Asian neighbours :-)

So it's a lot like software development, then. (SCNR)

But I agree, when I buy fruit, I usually have to let it sit for a while before it is good to eat.

export pre-processing of preishable fruits greatly affects quality IMHO; I know it's probably in my head, but I sometimes feel I can judge the lower quality in the Ethylene ripened products

It depends. Cherry tomatoes from Italy or Morocco are okay.

That's not only in Europe. I live in Mexico, but in a huge city of millions of people. Guess what, most of the fruits and vegetables are terrible, even from the street markets.

Turns out if it's a city of millions you need an industrial scale agriculture and logistics. So yes, the fruits/vegetables are picked green and are tasteless.

To get something more tasteful I have to escape to a much smaller place.