Have you been drawn into the "Coconut water" fad?

[quinnox]

Because I have. It just taste really, really good! Yep, it is stupidly expensive, but you can find it on sale and in cheaper generic brands if you look.

[QC]

1. It's only about a buck a can in the Latin section of the grocery.

That's where I get mine. The boutique brands are pricey but the Goya I get is just as good.

[quinnox]

2. Wow, good deal!

[QC]

3. That's the way to do it. n/t

[tularetom]

4. Why is it so expensive?

Is it some kind of natural viagra or something?

[quinnox]

7. I don't know, to be honest

I'm guessing if it is real stuff, maybe the transportation costs are a lot? If it comes from islands in the Pacific (or wherever) I mean.

[dilby]

5. I have been drinking this stuff for years.

Well I only drink it when I go out with the guys and drink, I drink one can before bed then another first thing in the morning. It's a great hangover cure.

[malaise]

6. It's been part of my life from I can remember

We had dwarf trees in our yard growing up. I drink about a gallon of fresh coconut water weekly and love the jelly. Coconut water is great for your kidneys. It's dirt cheap here, but
lots of folks in Florida have trees.

[Aerows]

8. I don't even know what that is.

[quinnox]

9. Here is a picture of one of the brands I like

[Aerows]

10. I'm a solid unsweetened Iced Tea fan

If it is sweet, I'm not interested. The sweetest I get is Low Sodium V8 juice, and I can drink that for a pick me up by the quart.

What is it, exactly? It is water run over coconuts, or ground up coconut in water or something?

[quinnox]

11. I think it is the water stored inside the coconuts

It has "more potassium than a banana" according to the label, and has less than 1% of natural fruit sugar.

[Aerows]

17. I'll have to try some, then

If it isn't sweet, I'll like it.

[quinnox]

19. Try it, you might like it!

I recommend the brand I pictured.

[Art_from_Ark]

26. I thought that was called "coconut milk"

[quinnox]

29. Ok, now I am confused. All I know is its water, and the package shows a straw sticking out of the

coconut. Maybe they drain water out of the coconut? I don't know how it works, but it tastes great!

[Chellee]

34. To get coconut milk:

You need to grate the flesh from a fresh coconut, and then soak it in water. Then you squeeze it out in cheesecloth. Voila. Coconut milk.

Coconut water is the liquid that is naturally inside a fresh coconut.

[zappaman]

20. I like this one...

[onehandle]

12. My wife, a runner, swears by it. nt

[Throd]

13. The chunks made me want to gag, but it tasted good.

[mainer]

14. I used to drink it straight from the nut while in the south pacific

It's the perfect rehydration fluid for infants and kids with diarrhea. But cracking open the nuts took a machete!

[quinnox]

15. cool!

[RebelOne]

18. Me too, when I lived in South Florida.

I would use a hammer to break the shell.

[Warren Stupidity]

25. I used to drink it after it was fermented.

Raunchy as hell, but palm wine will knock you on your ass. I was drinking it in the Yoruba region of Nigeria, from which the fabled Palm Wine Drinkard originates.

That plus the pot they grew there made me hallucinate dinosaurs.

[RKP5637]

31. That's how I drank it as a kid, my father used to drill a hole and drain it. n/t

[Renew Deal]

16. I tried one once and thought it was terrible.

[emsimon33]

22. It is best very cold when you are so hot that your clothes are soaking wet from the sweat

[emsimon33]

21. I became a fan this winter/spring while traveling in Southeast Asia!

There they serve it in a coconut that they cut off the top in front of you and they also provide a spoon if you ask so that you can eat the coconut.

They have gotten smart and have the coconuts in ice or iced water because we tourists like the coconut water cold!

Nothing refreshes like coconut water when it is 100 degrees and 100% humidity!!!!

[Blue_In_AK]

23. You can buy cases of it at Costco

for not a whole lot. I use it in my smoothies.

[Bonobo]

24. For almost 30 years, the best summer drink for me has been "mugicha"

That's roasted barley tea. Cold.

[AirmensMom]

27. Can't stand the canned stuff.

Fresh out of the coconut is the only way to have it. Then scoop out the soft meat. Nectar of the gods.

[RKP5637]

32. Absolutely!!! n/t

[abelenkpe]

28. Love it!

Have been a fan for many years. We make a yummy sweet rice substituting coconut water for half the water. Then stir in blanched almond slivers. Super yummy.
Great drink for hydration too

[LiberalArkie]

30. I love Sobe coconut water.. I can drink it all day, if I could afford it.

[DCBob]

33. Its great stuff... I drink the real thing when traveling in the Philippines.

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Its the best for a hangover or whatever ails you.