back to the topic of Veinte Cohol Taste reports, I found another one here:
'Veinte Cohol' bananas are ripe, 2 months later.
Speaking of taste tests, I tried for the first time ever a Dwarf Cavendish, which I remember reading that someone said it tastes similar to store bought bananas (aka nothing special). The dwarf cavendish plant was grown at UC Davis (in a greenhouse in California), and the plant looked horrible: totally nutrient stressed, covered in thrips and a few mealy bugs, not beautiful. The bananas were very small, maybe 4-5" long and 2" wide, and they looked horrible, but they were allowed to ripen "on the vine." The taste? OUT OF THIS WORLD! There was a strong berry and slight floral undertone to the flavor, like nothing I've ever had before. Texture was similar to store bought bananas. Easily the best I've ever had in my life.
Keeping temperature, light and water the same, the type of nutrients you give a plant seems to play a huge role on flavor. For example, I've tried tomatoes grown in "dirt" with just fertilizer, and they're sweet but very bland. Take the same cultivar, grown in the same field, same watering regime, but with the soil amended with composted organic waste (with lots of mycorrhiza), and add organic sources of phosophorous/potassium.... that same tomato had a robust, rich flavor. No reason why bananas shouldn't behave similarly.