Have you ever drank straight from a coconut before?

[N192K001]

Yes.

Back in the Philippines (when I used to live there, before moving-out in 2001), I would see vendors around the street with sacks of coconuts & machetes. For a small fee, they'd spit a coconut their customers could enjoy.

Now (as of my last visit in 2013-2014), though bottled coco-water is becoming popular, with vendors emptying the coconut into bottles (with the option of scraping the coco-meat & juice to be blended together before bottling).

Either way, coconut is time-sensitive. I had coconut at the very beginning of the day as the 1st customer, even witnessing the vendor's purchase of a day's sack of coconuts. Then, I timed myself such that I was the last & final customer of the same day. There was a noticeable difference in the flavor. (But then again, the coconuts were just in an air-conditioned environment of a mall, not in a refrigerator or freezer.) Coconuts are best fresh and enjoyed from picking as early as possible.

[cicchis0]

All the time. I buy green/young coconuts (usually sourced from Thailand) and cut them open with a machete like they do on the street in South East Asia, where I first tried it. I don't know why people would buy processed coconut water in manmade packaging when the natural packaging is so good.

[Nik1hil]

I live in India..
I have drank from green coconut with a straw more times than I have drank Soda.

Vendor here can slit open green coconut to the point where they will give you a white creamy edible ball filled with water inside

[Darcia]

Yes, I tried it a couple of times when I visited Jamaica with my family.

[ThatGuy133]

Yea, it's pretty big where I grew up. They would sell them ice cold in parking lots. Dude carves it up so you can drink from it and hands it to you.

[ecfresh]

Yes, fresh is the best

[NorthwestRider]

A few times before, tasted good

[SydneySentinel]

No, but I'd like to try it!

[Phoenix98]

I have actually.

[Avicenna]

Yes, it's great!

[Lisa_grl]

Yes it tastes good

[Dchrls78104]

Yes, several times.

[ultimega]

Nope.

[Pejtu]

Yea i did

[bangyourhead]

Yes. It’s ok.

[BronzedAdonis]

yes.

[CT_CD]

Yeah