Comments on: Rum and Coconut Water

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:49:27 +0000

I grew up in Mexico and have been enjoying coconut water since I can remember. The vendors would cut out a hole and pour the juice into a plastic bag. He would add plenty of lime juice and some sugar if you wished. The flesh from the coconut would get removed and chopped into bite size pieces. These would be drenched in lime juice and hot sauce. It was great to munch away until your mouth was on fire then put out the flames with a little coconut water.

By: Kristin

Kristin — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:25:45 +0000

Thanks, COCO-NUT!

By: DC (Dennis)

DC (Dennis) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:06:37 +0000

Coconut! I love that stuff. Awesome thanks. Cheers

By: COCO-NUT

COCO-NUT — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:23:46 +0000

Has anyone ever used homemade Kefir? We made some the other day & thought I’d share the technique.

Take 1 Liter of coconut water (you may use the coconut water from these tetra paks or fresh water from young coconuts. (If you use the 250 ml tetra paks it will take 4 to make a liter of water.) Add 1 packet of kefir starter and place lid on jar. It will now take 4-5 days for the kefir to culture at room temperature. The coconut water will become cloudy as the culture grows and it will become “fizzy”. When the culture is done, add a twist of lime and a little stevia or organic sweetener of your choice. Then sit down and enjoy this delicious probiotic drink. It is alkalinizing, wonderful, and very, very healthy.

Pretty tasty (& healthy)

By: c

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:00:03 +0000

Thanks, Giselle. Since you left a vitacoco.com email address, I’ll assume you’re an employee of the company, with something of an attendant bias (if not, say, a job description that includes astroturfing). Haven’t seen your product in my local grocery, but I’ll keep an eye out.

By: Giselle

Giselle — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:08:27 +0000

You should try Vita Coco. Other brands add sodium as a covert preservative, although they don’t tell you that on the label. Vita Coco also has other 4 other flavors aside from the natural coconut water. They have pineapple, peach and mango, tangerine and passion fruit. They use natural fruit puree as opposed to fruit essence or artificial flavors and they’re all delicious.

By: Stingray City

Stingray City — Mon, 12 May 2008 19:05:45 +0000

Not a big fan of coconut anything, but this doesn’t sound too bad. Thanks

By: Tammy Bailey

Tammy Bailey — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:41:17 +0000

Dawn,

I was diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes three years ago, and since them I can have some pretty bad crashes if I don’t eat because of it. I just discovered that if I drink coconut water (pineapple flavor), not only can I go a few hours without crashing, I don’t feel hungry. It can be a few hours before I realized I didn’t eat something.

I know the glycemic index must be low (researched this when I had GD). I don’t know what the number is, but just from what my body does when I drink it, it cannot be bad at all.

By: John R. Ferrell

John R. Ferrell — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:55:37 +0000

Zico Pure Coconut Water makes the perfect addition to mixed drinks because it adds a mildly sweet flavor and helps to fight hang-overs due to its electrolyte content.

I also like to make ice cubes out of coconut water and add them to drinks for an exotic note. Even if the drink sits for a while, you don’t get that diluted watery taste at the end but a mildly sweet flavor instead, much better in my opinion.

Namaste,
John R. Ferrell
Zico Operations Manager

By: c

Sun, 09 Apr 2006 22:59:48 +0000

Dawn: I don’t know where their data comes from but this page asserts that young coconut water has a low (0-35) glycemic index, making it a diabetic-friendly beverage. From a non-diabetic perspective, Nutritiondata.com, while not breaking down the constituent sugars, provides some surprising information about the amino acid content of young coconut water… it’s remarkably complete.