If you haven't tried, then you owe it to yourself to try it. It's very mild tasting, but on the sweet side. A little nutty and it's really really good for you.

Coconut water is great for you

People call it "mother nature's sports drink." It's fat free, cholesterol free and has tons of potassium. It will hydrate you and replenish electrolytes fast.

Coconut water turns out to be one of the healthiest drinks you can consume, besides plain water.

But when you buy it at the store, you may not be getting the best quality. It could be pasteurized which kills many of the nutrients and flavor. Commercially produced coconut water may also have added sugar and other ingredients that kind of defeat the benefits of the natural coconut water.

I know sometimes you don't have any other option, but to buy canned or prepackaged water in those cardboard/plastic containers. But now you do.

Make your own coconut water instead

Well, you can't make coconut water. It comes straight from the coconut from palm trees and you're not going to grow coconut palm trees unless you have a lot of land and live in a tropical area. But you can extract the coconut water yourself.

You can actually buy the coconuts and get the water out yourself very easily. This is the freshest way to enjoy coconut water. It's not as difficult as it sounds.

Where to find Coconuts

The first thing  you need is fresh coconuts. The ones you want are commonly called Young Thai Coconuts. And they're the same as regular coconuts but they're really young and so the case that contains the water and flesh is quite soft and easy to open.

Usually you'll find them at the grocery store during the summer. By the time they get to the grocery store, they've already been prepped for you.

They have been trimmed down and shaped so that you can cut them open with a big knife, small machete or something. They also have a flat base so you can rest them on a table or counter top flat without it rolling around.

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The problem with finding coconuts at the regular grocery stores like Ralphs, Albertsons or Safeway, is that they're usually too expensive.

Instead, go to the hispanic, middle-eastern or asian supermarkets in your area. They tend to carry young Thai coconuts even outside of the summer season and the prices are much better.

For example, the other day Ralphs had coconuts for 2.69 each! Sprouts had them for $2.89. Then I found them at H-mart, a Korean supermarket for 9 for $12 so each coconut came out to $1.33!

That's a good deal. Anytime you can find them for less than $2.00 each then you found a great deal and you should buy as many as you can.

Make sure you don't buy the hard, rough brown ones that look like little Flinstones bowling balls. These are the kind of coconuts that have really thick and tough flesh and oftentimes don't have any water left inside. Leave those for baking and cooking projects.

How do you open them?

Well, there's a few ways to open them. You can use a knife, but that's dangerous. I don't recommend it. You can use a butcher knife of cleaver but that's also dangerous and tricky. If you don't know what you're doing, you could end up injuring yourself or wasting the water.

You could get creative and use a drill to make a hole and insert a straw to drink the water, but then you can't get to the flesh. The flesh is delicious and one of the reasons why you want to get fresh coconuts instead of just the prepackaged water.

I found that the Coco Jack is the best way to open it. You can find the Coco Jack here on their website. They were recently featured on Shark Tank. I've tried all methods of opening the coconut, including some other tools available online, but this is by far the best.

Here's a quick video I made showing you how to open the coconuts with the Coco Jack. Someone gave it to me for father's day.

Now go get one of these, go get some coconuts and enjoy the purest and freshest coconut water you can find. You'll never want to drink that pre-packaged stuff again.

Oh yeah, here's a coupon that will give you a discount when you purchase the Coco Jack. Use discount code "SWEETCOCO" for 10% off.

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I even posted it on Instagram. It's pretty exciting to find coconuts at that price. But I decided to make a video to show you how easy it is to open a young thai coconut. Some people call them baby coconuts; that's the same thing.

You can watch the video below, after the image.

Usually, if you can find the coconuts under $2.00 each then it's a great deal. This time we ended up buying 15 because it was such a good deal.

The way I open the coconut is really the smartest, easiest and most practical way to do it. It's the Coco Jack that does the trick really, and if you don't have one yet, then you need to get one.

This would be a great gift for the holidays coming up and even restaurants could use a few of these.

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$1.49 each? Don't mind if I get 15 of these!

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And these are easy to open if you get a Coco Jack, it is seriously the easiest way to open a young thai coconut. AND one of my other blogposts has a coupon discount code for any Coco Jack product.

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The cool thing about young thai coconuts is that they are available year around. The only problem is the price. Over the summer I monitored prices and each coconut was priced between $1.59 and $4.59.

Each coconut contains about 8 - 12 ounces of water so depending on the market price of the fruit you may be better off buying coconut water from the store already.

But I haven't tried a pre-packaged coconut water drink that tastes like when you open up a coconut fresh at home. Since Coco Jack went on Shark Tank, it has become more and more popular.

Hopefully you can find young coconuts near your house at a decent price. Get a Coco Jack and you'll be set to drink fresh coconut water anytime you want.

I found a coupon that will give you a discount when you order the Coco Jack so make sure you use it for some savings. The Coco Jack discount code is: SWEETCOCO, go here to get one.

If you are going to get one, I recommend you get either the Coco Jack Pack (49) or the Coco Jack Deluxe (88)

You gotta get one, opening up coconuts with this is easy! Check it out:

If you are in Orange County, You'll find young thai coconuts almost on any Ralphs, Albertsons, Whole Foods, or any ethnic supermarkets. Asian and Latin markets tend to have the best prices too.

If you aren't in Orange County California, then look around for ethnic supermarkets and see if they carry coconuts. If you are lucky to live near fresh coconuts at the beach, then go find some and enjoy!

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Update, I no longer endorse the Coco Jack, mostly because they broke a deal we had and never paid me the remainder of the money they owed me. It also seems like the company wasn't in good standing in many other regards. However, the links below will take you to explore alternatives that should work just as well.

The easiest way to do it. If you want to get a Coco Jack use coupon "SWEETCOCO" and save some money! You can get the Coco Jack right here, they make excellent additions to anybody's kitchen and great as gifts.

Found coconuts at the store for 1.49! That's a bargain. And to open them I use my Coco Jack... The easiest way to do it.
If you want to get one use coupon "SWEETCOCO" and save some money! Buy the Coco Jack here.

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Where I grew up, in Puerto Vallarta (Mexico), fresh coconuts are a staple of everyday life. You can get one almost anywhere you look. You'll find them near the beach or at the restaurants.

But now that I live in the US, it's hard to find coconuts fresh like back at home. But there's hope. Some grocery stores now sell fresh young coconuts, and the Coco Jack will help you open them without any trouble. If you're just looking for the Coco Jack coupon, scroll to the bottom.

The Coco-Jack will let you get the coconut meat, or coconut flesh out easily. If you do it a couple times, you'll be able to get the whole thing in one motion. So awesome! And of course, you can get the water too! Check out the video to see how it works, it's quite simple.

I don't think you can find many US grown coconuts, but the Coco Jack is proudly made in the USA. You can get it here: Coco Jack.

Oh and if you decide you want to get one of these things, the Coco Jack has a discount code, use "SWEETCOCO" when you buy it and you'll get 10% off. I recommend you get the Coco Jack Pack, it has everything you need.

I got this last year for father's day and, apparently I was eating a little too much coconut. LOL. Looking back, I gained quite a bit of weight back then. Glad to be back to normal now. I still want to lose more weight, but that's for another post.

Now where's my coconut?

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