Just a couple of corrections about Thai coconuts. I live in thailand and buy them daily direct from the distributors. The coconut are put in a sulfite vat as soon as the last green is cut from them to stop brown spots from forming, which starts to happen with a few minutes, not because of worms. I sometimes buy them without them being dipped but I can't tell any difference in taste. I can tell the difference in taste depending on what region from thailand they are from. Currently the most sought after area for the best taste are from the ratchaburi area. My buyer gets 5,000 to 10,000 coconuts trucked from there everyday. Also the reason they are cut like a diamond is because when they are imported to the usa is customs requires that all the green outer be removed. When I am back in the USA i have noticed that some asian markets are selling coconuts from vietnam, which taste like bark to me. The owner of the market told me that the distributors are only sending him these now. Guess because of the price.

You certainly know your coconuts! Great presentation, I enjoyed all the info you shared...thanks so much!

Just tried a young thai coconut and all my coconut dreams have come true. I think I'm going back to the store and buying all they have.

Philippines coconut, the best! My classmate in high school owned a coconut farm. We hangout there once in a while and consumed unlimited young coconut .

you are the yoda of coconuts man thanks !

Coconuts have hair Coconuts have milk Coconuts have flesh Coconuts are mammals :)

Love your passion for the coconut. It's my favorite fruit.

I agree you are the Yoda of coconuts. Thanks so much for this video. I love it 😍

Wow. I live in FL and did not know all that info about coconuts. I've always just gone with what I know and got the brown ones. I'm gonna get the others ones now too now that I know how to handle them. Thanks John.

You're awesome! I'm starting to process my own coconuts and your video has been so helpful.

Thanks John. I can't believe how easy it actually is to open your own coconut.

Thanks for the great tips. I had one of the young coconuts just the other day. Using the water to add into my juicer recipes. It was very refreshing.

I'm glad I knew I would learn stuff this video. He seemed crazy at first in his others.... crazy for cocopu.. nuts. I enjoyed the detail.

Love your videos. I'm highly ​allergic to sulfates​. You literally saved me from purchasing the sulfate wrapped coconut. You are literally a life saver. My hero

Those young coconuts look like crystals.

You’re such a pure kind gentleman

Thank you! Very informative. I loooove coconuts 🌴 especially young Thai. Wish I had a good source locally.

Opened our first white coconut today thanks to your advice! It is delicious!!!

Thank you, John! Really appreciate all of your information. Vegan two years and still finding my way. I needed this!

Best researcher ever

Thank you so much for all these information, I have learned a lot from you. I am not afraid to open a coconut anymore.

Thanks John for making opening a coconut so much easier!!! I love the white and brown coconuts so much more than the young one! Thanks for this excellent deminstration, I am very grateful for your much needed help. Awesome job!!

this was super informative

John, I always enjoy your shows. They are detailed and very educational. You are the best in you tube.

Absolutely fascinating. Just opened my first coconut and it was a blast. Thank you for this. It was wonderfully instructive and fun to watch as well!

Thanks John! Bless you for all that you do!

that video blew my mind a decade ago.. and still does today😍

You was better than others

I left a comment on the other coconut video where you make the oil, butter and cream. I answered my question thanks to your videos. I just might be your biggest fan right now. Dont worry not stalker material just a dedicated fan. Thanks so much!!!!

Love this video. Educational and good stories. Thanks!

Sooo informative! Answered every question I could think of 😉💛☀️🥥 Thank you

You're awesome. Thank you for your dedication to educating the KZfaq community on healthy raw eating.

I really appreciate this demo. Thanks so much.

Thank you very much. I've seen vids which tells you to keep hitting the coconut using the back of the knife and in the process, my blade broke from the handle and I narrowly escaped harm. LOL First time around after watching ur vid, it work and I didn't lose any water or make a mess with the shavings. Again, thank you 10x over! :)

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP! I did't know which end to start at with our first young coconut!

It was a long video but absolutely worthwhile and informative. Thank you so much for sharing and your time. I've watched it all the way through and you've got my 'like'. Thank you John :)

Great video !!!!

What a fantastic video.Thank you

You know your coconuts. Thanks for your very helpful info.

Thanks. That was really very concise and informative. 🏝

I did watch the full video and I loved it! I also subscribed. Thank you so much for this super-informative upload♡

John is the man!

WOW! Great lesson--you really know your stuff! Thanks!

Great information, thank you John you are the best!

Thanks to you I finally learned how to open in a neat way a young coconut :) thank you! Now next will be the brown one, unfortunately we don't have the medium stage white ones in France :/ I love young coco water so much, it's sooo delicious :)

ok im officially confuzed after 15 minutes in. I need a friggin 2 year degree to eat and use coconuts lol

Thanks John, i really appreciate your information and enthusiasm. =]

You made cracking that dry hard shell coconut seemed so easy. For a moment I was afraid for your hand with that big knife.

This was very useful thank you!!

Best video on using/opening and selecting coconuts. I tried his approaches for the Thai and older ones and it was perfect! Too bad my old one was moldy inside (too bad Save-on-Foods!) - any tips for checking for that? Seemed the mouth hole was awfully thin, so I can see how easily it got contaminated. Thanks a lot!

You rock my world! Thank you for the great video

just I want to tell you how I get the coconut out of the shell easily. since coconuts have a high fat content I open it then put the shell on top of my stove turn on the Fire and let the half of the coconut heat up. when it gets hot enough it will pull away from the shell. I don't mind if the shell gets burned because I used the shell on my BBQ Grill to make activated charcoal which coconut shell is the best activated charcoal for filtering Water and Air. God bless you

Thanks for the video John. I will try coconuts again. Haven't had much luck with the younger ones. Probably because I'm in nebraska and by the time I get one its to old!

You are the Coconut Man, great job.

i like the high calorie content in coconuts so i dont have to eat so much on a raw food diet, but i also think that they all serve their purpose, it just depends on what you need, you want water go young, you want mass go with brown. the brown ones arent bad

12:55 one fast hard tap hahah you shook the entire world with that little "tap" lol

I purchased a case of pomegranate this way from Aldi when it was on sale.

First 12 minutes could be three or four, but good info sprinkled throughout

my mouth is so watery, I'm a coconut freak

You young folks I am 66 yr old brought two coconuts brown I used a steak knife did same thing got all meat out, made coconut milk with distilled water little cinnamon and apple all organic eat no meat but used knife no problem.

thank you Johnm it is so imformative

Great information

Wow. Very informative.

I love you! You are exciting! Thank you for these videos :)

I love your videos on KZfaq

I get my husband to open coconuts. :) Love coconut water with fresh lime!

Thanks! Found a similar one on eBay.

Coconuts taste different every time. This is determined by when you pick and drink them. I like the ones with really soft meat, they have the sweetest juices.

Hi John. Lately I have been making a lot of coconut yogurt and I find that it is really hard to open up the brown hairy coconuts. I will use more Thais than the brown ones, however, the brown ones do have more meat and I like to make a lot of it so I can have it for the week. I will try using the back of my cleaver to open it. I was using a rubber mallet. I will see if this makes a difference. I find myself wincing while I'm trying to open them. I have also hurt my hand because the coconut cracked, but did not open so it pinched my skin!!! I think I need to use the metal cleaver as opposed to the rubber mallet!!! We shall see!!!

Good video!

You have awesome videos and great information regarding gardening; however, the captions are the star of your videos. I can't actually see what demonstrations your performing such as cutting into the coconuts. Shrink the the captions and allow the fruits and vegetables to be the stars of the videos. Oh your included without mentioning. Your awesome keep up the excellent work! Thanks again.

Right on, thanks. How do you feel about putting the coconut in an oven for 10 minutes at 300 to loosen the meet (after draining and splitting) and help you get it out? I've heard that but not tried it. Thanks.

I have a coconut. I’m going too try one today, and i think it will be good. I have the white ones.

My favorites are the yellow or orange ones right off the tree. Drink it, then cut in half using a giant cleaver, cut a sharp edge off the husk and use as a spoon to scoop out the meat = the South American way :-)

Those old coconuts that have a sprout coming out of the top have a sponge like apple inside that tastes so fucking good

Omg.....open it already!!!!

cool trick if u freeze cocnut meat its real good

Hey John, Can a Lexeem juicer work for extracting. I use it for wheatgrass only....Love your videos learning so much. Would love to make all the different ways to use the coconuts.

Does it make sense to blend mature coconut with water or better to chew? Which way better digested?

What about putting lime in the coconut, does it relieve belly aches?

Awesome video good info :)

i go to LAX-C, INC. wholesale market, for my young thai coconut cases 9x coconuts in each case for about $10. what i do is check the bottoms and all around of EACH coconut and if i see any discoloration of the white husk like red, orange, brown, pink, whatever.. i switch them out with good white ones from another case. I do this with everything in this store.

Thanks John ;)

I didn't know anything about coconuts until I watched this video.

John, I've been trying to find out the fat content of young coconut meat. I realize it would be depend on the maturity of the coconut - how jelly-like or developed the meat is. But I can't seam to fine any definitive answers. Most nutrition counters like cronometer and nutrition data don't even include young coconut as a food you can add to your food diary. I've found websites that say 3 grams of fat per nut and another says 11. Any thoughts? keep up the great work!!!

Thanks

Very hard to get a good coconut here. They only sell young ones a couple times a year and the brown ones are always really old and not too good tasting. They are often moldy :(

Good stuff. It was like taking a college course. We subscribed. Maybe you would want to join us to do a radio show sometime?

Which ones have the most water/juice? I usually buy for the juice

Awesome good info.

Coconut won't tear us apart again.

Where are the other videos about opening coconuts, Cox cream and coffee butter? Also you mentioned youngcoconuts,com for tools but there is no site, do you have current recommendation?

We normally only have the brown round coconuts in my area. One store had a shipment of the round white ones. we've never seen them and tried one, it wasnt sweet and had a funny taste--were they just bad?

I love this. subbed!

so cool

The young coconuts are quite sweet but still have a slightly weird after taste. That never goes away. But they are quite tasty and the juice is much sweeter than that of the mature.

I don’t like the thai coconut, but I love the regular young coconut from the tree.

Great review! Thanks a lot!

Here is another possibilitiey: f you hear no water sloshing aound, it may be that the coconut is full of water (a young coconut). It will be fll of water and have hardly no meat at all, can defintely if meat is present it ill be very very very soft,almost like pudding.

Jon. What is the that blue/greenish poweder that its on young whote mexican coconuts? I know its not mold cause they still taste good.