{"id":127564,"date":"2026-01-22T08:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T08:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/127564\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T08:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T08:27:08","slug":"how-guava-became-tampas-signature-flavor-with-historian-rodney-kite-powell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/127564\/","title":{"rendered":"How guava became Tampa\u2019s signature flavor, with historian Rodney Kite-Powell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You know it when you smell it. But how do you put into words the indescribable scent of \u00a0guava? \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And then there\u2019s the taste: sour on its own, but irresistibly sweet in a guava-and-cream cheese pastry or a pint of guava ice cream from Publix. \u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>For a lesson in all things guava, we turned to historian Rodney Kite &#8211; Powell of the Tampa Bay History Center. <\/p>\n<p>In this episode, you\u2019ll learn: <br \/>\u25cf The fruit\u2019s role in the creation of modern Tampa, which is nicknamed The Big Guava. <br \/>\u25cf Why Ybor City\u2019s iconic Guavaween festival became a victim of its own success. <br \/>\u25cf Why the guava industry remains small but mighty. So grab a pastelito and a cup of caf\u00e9 con leche, and settle in for this enlightening \u00a0 conversation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/75\/f3\/6ed076da4ab3a34966e0141df55c\/the-zest-s13e2.pdf\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Transcription<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you to our sponsors: Adalay Interiors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You know it when you smell it. But how do you put into words the indescribable scent of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127565,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-127564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}