Sam g

I ate the true blue java on an island off Taiwan and they tasted great. The locals ate them ripe and cooked them as plantains when green. As a plantain they were ok, but as a ripe fruit they were delicious. No issues with the skin sticking to the flesh. They were as good as FHIA-01 but with a soft fluffy texture, very unique. They were pleasantly sweet/tart in a good balance. They were harvested late summer in the wet tropics though so I suspect that the heat produced more sugar content in the fruit than yours. I have heard New Zealand banana growers say that the blue java produces poor quality fruit there due to there cool climate. It may be the same where you are?