Cas (Costa Rican guava)

Psidium friedrichsthalianum

fruit

A sour guava with green-yellow skin, rarely eaten raw: pressed into a sweet juice, fresco de cas, one of Costa Rica's favorites.

Origin

Costa Rica and Central America

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

Its skin and seeds are eaten, like guava's; for juice, it is blended and then sieved.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Pectins · Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

It is a guava: same family, same scent, much more sour.