This is the Ete Thaifruit Longan Sorbet Ice Sticks, a frozen fruit dessert featuring 20% longan purée and longan flavouring.
The frozen fruit dessert presented with a paddle shape, with a semi-translucent white ice component through which darker cream shadows of longan purée were visible towards the centre. It measured approximately 10 × 5 × 1 cm.
Initial contact with the frozen liquid component delivered an intensely sweet glucose syrup flavour without an immediate longan presence. However, biting through the ice block yielded with relative ease, revealing a generous amount of longan flesh distributed throughout its length and width. These pieces provided an enjoyable chewy texture against the ice while releasing fresh longan flavour. Their fruity acidity provided relief from the sweetness of the frozen component.
Overall, a fruit ice stick with a delayed longan flavour progression and pronounced textural contrast, moving from an intensely sweet, syrup-led frozen exterior into a fruit-filled centre with chewy longan flesh. The fresh longan flavour and accompanying acidity moderated the sweetness while the fruit pieces provided substantial textural variation.
This Ete Thaifruit Longan Sorbet Ice Sticks contained 260 g (65 g x 4 bars). It was produced in Thailand and purchased in Sydney, Australia in 2026.