Coconut Water – Air Kelapa
Lunch time and I am drinking coconut water. Last year I have seen a growth of these sold in the supermarkets here. It started out to be sold only in healthy food shops, then in fancy take away restaurants in London, then in high end supermarket, now it is sold everywhere and in most supermarkets.
First I thought, ah it must taste like those so called ‘mango juice’ or ‘lychee’ juice, that taste nothing like actual mango juice, they are basically made from syrup or concentrated liquid. I also thought it is just one of those gimmicky trend that people soon will forget about. Plus in the beginning a box of these Coconut Water are really expensive, when in Indonesia it is really the same price as any drink, so I never thought to buying it.
But it looks like it is staying, and is getting more and more reasonably priced. So one day I tried, when I discovered that it is actually coconut water, I was elated. I can now drink Air Kelapa more often. I am happy. Also apparently they say the reason why people are buying them more is because it is really healthy. It contains vitamins B and potassium, electrolytes, enzymes, and amino acids plus it is low in calories.
Never knew that, despite the fact I always wondered why in Indonesia we didn’t grew up drinking Gatorade, Pocari Sweat or other liquid replacement we never needed electrolytes when we sweat so much. By the way, this is not to say that in Indonesia we didn’t have those readily available, we did, but never really a replacement for juices, air kelapa or cold tea.
The drink made me feel very nostalgic, but I thought maybe I have forgotten what they taste like, maybe they don’t actually taste like that. Obviously in Indonesia it comes directly from a coconut, and sometimes serves in the coconut shell itself. Having coconut water more readily available made me think of the endless of possibilities of all the lovely Indonesian summery drinks I can make. Yumm.
Have you had any coconut water lately? Have you had these boxed one? What do you think about it?
some few years ago, we actually had the fresh ones (in their glorious original coconut forms) at a local hypermarket. i don’t really remember how much it costed, but since one coconut serves two (me + hubby), it was actually not that bad. we bought them quite a few times back then. i don’t think i’ve seen them anymore these days though, except at the Asian stores.
haven’t tried the boxed ones, but now i’m craving for the fresh ones! 😀
Maybe I should try harder to find the fresh one, bcause you are the second one to say that there are real ones in the asian market.
I had the fresh one around 2 weeks ago. I bought in asian market. It was from Thailand. I tried to taste young coco water in box like that. Hmmm i didn’t like it. Moreover, the one on the box is more expensive. Anyway, i never try that brand. Maybe, i can try.
Great you can find it there, I dont think I have seen it here. So the fresh one was less expensive than the boxed one when you bought them? that is weird. Here it is almost the same price as a bottle of fizzy drink.
Well, the one on the box around 3-4 euros. The fresh one, is about 2 euros. I prefer the fresh one then. No “obat pengawet” at least 🙂
i just bought from the asian shop here a box of twelve cans, which came to £0.79 which is 80 € cents. 😉 i think the demand here makes it cheap.
Great 🙂 enjoy it in very hot summer. Coconut water is a great companion for this hot summer.
Yes, I had the same brand last week. I miss the fresh one.
Me too! but I think these taste quiet close to the real one. 🙂
Agree. But nothing beats air kelapa muda kopyor 😉
obviously! kopyor pun susah di cari waktu aku pulang kemarin..