Reply To: Tu Beshvat, Bracha and Shecheyonu Which Comes First

The Hagohus Chasam Sofer O’CH 225 differentiates between birchas hamitzva and birchas hanehanin. The Ksav Sofer O’CH 25 tries to explain the difference. He says that when eating a new fruit, the bracha comes when one swallows the food but shecheyanu comes when one puts it in the mouth before. A mitzva is obligatory so we make the bracha before as todir whereas a new fruit is not.