Chris...kefiring coconut water

[Guest guest]

Hi

Just read your post on it. I've been doing it for awhile now and

mixing the fermented coconut water into my liver tonics. Very nice. I

was gettting acid reflux from the acidity in the tonics and this seems

to have taken care of all of that. So there might be something to

healing the gut.

I buy in bulk to cut down on time. I buy 2 boxes of young Thai

coconuts at the asian store for $22.00. That amount is 18 coconuts and

will yeild about 2 galloons of coco water and 1/2 gallon of coconut

meat. It takes me about 3 hours to whack through all these. I've

kefired with both my regular kefir grains and Donna Gates expensive

freeze dried grains. Can't say I taste any difference. Right now I'm

using Donna's grains as I've got them.

I drain the coco water into big glass jars and leave it on the counter

overnight with a culture added. Pull off any white yeast film (happens

here in Atlanta as the humidity climbs) in the morning and taste it.

If it's getting tart i put it in the fridge ...if not I leave it until

night and then put it in the fridge. It continues to slowly ferment

after that.

I add 1/2 cup to Curt's and my morning tonics (ie raw liver tonics). I

been adding 2 raw egg yolks lately and this seems to help my digestion

of all of this. No getting sleepy afterwards. The water from 18

coconuts should last me for a couple of months worth of tonics. Put if

you were fasting on this stuff it would probably go fast though.

The young thai coconuts have been fumigated though. But I brixed them

and Florida coconuts we get here. Big difference ...the Thai's brix

around 10 and the floridas at 4. Big taste difference also so I went

with the Thai nuts.

On freshness...your coconuts sound like they weren't really fresh. The

meat should be white and the juice nice and clear or just a hint of

milkiness. No pink or grey and no mold on the bottom of the white part

of the nut. Do you have a good asian store with lots of turn over

nearby? Since once you kefir the water and it last a good long time it

might be worth a trip to get a couple of cases. Buy one and test it in

the parking lot first though.

Hope I see you again this fall. Are you going to the conference??? I

saw said he is..

Take care

Lynn

[Guest guest]

Hi Lynn,

I'm planning on attending the conference but haven't made any plans yet.

I don't know of any Asian markets all though there are probably some

in the city, but I'm ordering direct from Whole Foods, so I'll have my

coconuts right when they come in, although at a price more expensive

than what you're paying.

Of the 9 coconuts, I opened 8. 3 were clearly horribly purple, 2 were

gray, and three were nice and white. The ninth had little brown bumps

on the outside which may be harmless but I thought were sort of weird

and not on the others, and given that five were bad, I decided I

wouldn't even bother opening it. So I'm using the water from the

three and returning the other six.

How long do you find the meat lasts? I just through mine away from

the good coconuts since I figured it would spoil quickly in the

fridge. Maybe I should dehydrate it?

Chris