How to Open a Young, White or Brown Coconut and Which is Best?

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  • čas přidán 13. 12. 2012
  • John from www.okraw.com/ shares with you three different types of coconuts that may be available near you and how to open them. You will learn how you can easily open the different types of coconuts to drink their water and eat the delicious meat. You will also discover the differences between the different types of coconuts and which one John prefers the most. Finally, you will learn some of the ways you can process the coconut so you can have a more nutty life, just like John.

Komentáře • 227

  • @whosyourdaddy4579
    @whosyourdaddy4579 Před 9 lety +20

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

  • @jacklope1
    @jacklope1 Před 9 lety +26

    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.

  • @livestrongforever
    @livestrongforever Před 9 lety +13

    you are the yoda of coconuts man thanks !

  • @fredgarvin316
    @fredgarvin316 Před 5 lety +5

    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.

    • @JoyboyEats
      @JoyboyEats Před 11 měsíci

      Are you still in the coconut business??? I'm looking for a distributor to do business with. Pls let me know

    • @JoyboyEats
      @JoyboyEats Před 11 měsíci

      I'm definitely seriously interested

  • @tarawebster6797
    @tarawebster6797 Před 9 lety +7

    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.

  • @jwilsonbb5684
    @jwilsonbb5684 Před 8 lety +12

    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 .

  • @SILENTJRM
    @SILENTJRM Před 6 lety

    Thanks John! Bless you for all that you do!

  • @spacehead74
    @spacehead74 Před 8 lety +3

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

  • @Buster3658
    @Buster3658 Před 4 lety

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

  • @teresabrill9036
    @teresabrill9036 Před 9 lety

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

  • @Infodawg2012
    @Infodawg2012 Před 5 lety +2

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

  • @lauralu4175
    @lauralu4175 Před 7 lety +2

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

  • @fruitspeace6204
    @fruitspeace6204 Před 6 lety

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

  • @dehesa65
    @dehesa65 Před 10 lety

    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!!

  • @megg7558
    @megg7558 Před 5 lety

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

  • @katrinabrie3514
    @katrinabrie3514 Před 6 lety

    I really appreciate this demo. Thanks so much.

  • @NoNamesLeftFuk
    @NoNamesLeftFuk Před 9 lety +3

    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.

  • @jimbos.online
    @jimbos.online Před 11 lety +1

    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.

  • @candyytc
    @candyytc Před 5 lety +1

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

  • @annarea2682
    @annarea2682 Před 9 lety

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

  • @jumpingjupiter
    @jumpingjupiter Před 6 lety

    Love this video. Educational and good stories. Thanks!

  • @saraupchurch9184
    @saraupchurch9184 Před 5 lety

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

  • @hanasmith3871
    @hanasmith3871 Před 10 lety

    Great information, thank you John you are the best!

  • @fitkitchenonline8913
    @fitkitchenonline8913 Před 6 lety

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

  • @zackdorn3617
    @zackdorn3617 Před 10 lety +28

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

  • @ziginkillu
    @ziginkillu Před 5 měsíci

    You’re such a pure kind gentleman

  • @LatinRoses
    @LatinRoses Před 7 lety

    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

  • @pattiannepascual
    @pattiannepascual Před 5 lety

    What a fantastic video.Thank you

  • @jennavevestclaire
    @jennavevestclaire Před 9 lety

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

  • @michellestone7761
    @michellestone7761 Před 7 lety +1

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

  • @EmilyCShin
    @EmilyCShin Před 8 lety

    You rock my world! Thank you for the great video

  • @FruitAndFamily
    @FruitAndFamily Před 8 lety

    This was very useful thank you!!

  • @cometcal2
    @cometcal2 Před 7 lety

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

  • @JediJan
    @JediJan Před 5 lety

    Thanks. That was really very concise and informative. 🏝

  • @rtaskyy
    @rtaskyy Před 10 lety +8

    this was super informative

  • @shchinderplays
    @shchinderplays Před 4 lety +1

    Great video !!!!

  • @selenalehealthylifestyle6445

    thank you Johnm it is so imformative

  • @Mockingbirdrye
    @Mockingbirdrye Před 7 lety

    John is the man!

  • @OutThereAudio
    @OutThereAudio Před 9 lety

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

  • @evelynduncan8768
    @evelynduncan8768 Před 10 lety +1

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

  • @rawbuchagirl
    @rawbuchagirl Před 11 lety

    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!!!!

  • @xSHKx
    @xSHKx Před 9 lety

    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 :)

  • @jafersultan
    @jafersultan Před 6 lety

    Great information

  • @batiyahyisrael
    @batiyahyisrael Před 6 lety

    Wow. Very informative.

  • @RelatedGiraffe
    @RelatedGiraffe Před 10 lety +1

    Those young coconuts look like crystals.

  • @jamesmclaughlin2252
    @jamesmclaughlin2252 Před 5 lety

    You are the Coconut Man, great job.

  • @nycfolks1348
    @nycfolks1348 Před 9 lety

    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! :)

  • @user_ytndslk
    @user_ytndslk Před 2 lety

    Best researcher ever

  • @carpediem.9
    @carpediem.9 Před 10 lety

    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 :)

  • @mrsterry1325
    @mrsterry1325 Před 7 lety

    Good video!

  • @pswagner
    @pswagner Před 7 lety +2

    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!

  • @hlam1106
    @hlam1106 Před 9 lety

    I love your videos on CZcams

  • @populous8232
    @populous8232 Před 7 lety

    Thanks John ;)

  • @graciegjj
    @graciegjj Před 9 lety

    Awesome good info.

  • @andidelta9
    @andidelta9 Před 11 měsíci

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

  • @PolyGarrett
    @PolyGarrett Před 9 lety

    so cool

  • @patti.autocad3652
    @patti.autocad3652 Před 2 lety

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

  • @Suntro
    @Suntro Před 8 lety

    I love this. subbed!

  • @johnpannu6304
    @johnpannu6304 Před 2 měsíci

    You was better than others

  • @iceyfiero
    @iceyfiero Před 4 lety

    Awesome video good info :)

  • @1TylerM
    @1TylerM Před 10 lety

    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!

  • @vmcshannon
    @vmcshannon Před 11 lety

    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!

  • @user-yv4ev4ws2q
    @user-yv4ev4ws2q Před 6 lety

    Thanks

  • @born68
    @born68 Před 9 lety +11

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

  • @WiKiTWoNKa
    @WiKiTWoNKa Před 6 lety

    You're awesome 🥥

  • @LynSire
    @LynSire Před 11 lety

    Thanks! Found a similar one on eBay.

  • @miracudrag
    @miracudrag Před 11 lety

    You realy know everything ! :) Thanks for sharing ! Hug

  • @GregoryPunzo
    @GregoryPunzo Před 11 lety

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

  • @naturallifestyleshow
    @naturallifestyleshow Před 11 lety

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

    • @Kwijiboi
      @Kwijiboi Před 3 lety

      🎵She put the lime in the coconut, she drank 'em bot' up🎶
      😀

  • @q695
    @q695 Před 3 lety

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

  • @laken1804
    @laken1804 Před 4 lety

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

  • @pearlinejones7540
    @pearlinejones7540 Před 7 lety +12

    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

  • @steamboatdad
    @steamboatdad Před 5 lety

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

  • @TheMdub27
    @TheMdub27 Před 8 lety +3

    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

    • @pedecia
      @pedecia Před 7 lety +1

      Raw plant diet and you eat coconuts so u do not have to eat much? How can a lifestyle can be called raw plant diet if you eat so much saturated fats? People are funny!

    • @TheMdub27
      @TheMdub27 Před 7 lety +2

      Lt. Nimitz you know mothers milk is 54% saturated fat right? fat isnt the problem lack of antioxidants are

  • @007Environment
    @007Environment Před 9 lety

    Thank you so much for sharing this, I've been somehow wondering about the tool that you used to puncture the white spherical coconut, that do you by any chance know if I'll be able to get that tool from somewhere like Walmart?

  • @KermitAdventures
    @KermitAdventures Před 5 lety

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

  • @MaluluKeleGuiSila
    @MaluluKeleGuiSila Před 7 lety

    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.

  • @Sheilamaizi
    @Sheilamaizi Před 8 lety

    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!!!

  • @520manhattan
    @520manhattan Před 11 lety

    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.

  • @georgew7405
    @georgew7405 Před 8 lety +8

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

  • @daveg0
    @daveg0 Před 10 lety

    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.

  • @ellahope6494
    @ellahope6494 Před 8 lety +5

    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.

  • @hawaiiguerilla
    @hawaiiguerilla Před 11 lety

    i love hawaii's coconuts.

  • @TheNewAmericanMedia
    @TheNewAmericanMedia Před 8 lety +3

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

  • @Stressfree67
    @Stressfree67 Před 9 lety

    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.

  • @theresa4960
    @theresa4960 Před 3 lety

    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?

  • @fallenhw
    @fallenhw Před 8 lety +1

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

  • @valeriend.5281
    @valeriend.5281 Před 2 lety

    Great review! Thanks a lot!

  • @yebo4445
    @yebo4445 Před 6 lety

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

  • @toyfeeder
    @toyfeeder Před 6 lety

    you are cool

  • @9545887879
    @9545887879 Před 4 lety

    Where do you buy the clever

  • @sapotts1387
    @sapotts1387 Před 3 lety

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

  • @megm9833
    @megm9833 Před 7 lety

    Coconut won't tear us apart again.

  • @Chefmegan81
    @Chefmegan81 Před 11 lety

    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!!!

  • @TSGS21
    @TSGS21 Před 11 lety

    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.

  • @LynSire
    @LynSire Před 11 lety

    Does anyone know where to get the red coconut opener??

  • @cadencrash7925
    @cadencrash7925 Před 9 lety

    cool trick if u freeze cocnut meat its real good

  • @DuPreeinLosAngeles
    @DuPreeinLosAngeles Před 3 lety

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

  • @denisela3403
    @denisela3403 Před 9 lety +11

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

    • @tlc19725
      @tlc19725 Před 7 lety +2

      Denise La 😂😂😂😂

  • @benjones9429
    @benjones9429 Před 9 lety

    What is the name of the tool you used to scrape the meat out and the small knife that looks like a cork screw?