a. Drink The Water

The coconut water is very fresh as a thirst reliever, it can even be useful as a human infusion if you run out of food supplies to survive in wildlife. In my tropical country, the stinging sun is a daily good friend, so drinking fresh coconut water plus ice is what you wish. To find this coconut fruit just easy. Whether you pick it from your own yard and cut it yourself or buy it at a coconut seller's place. For one fresh coconut with ice is 10,000 rupiah or 0.7 dollars. I am often amazed how this tree roots take the saltwater on the beach but the fruit is not salty at all, instead it has fresh water!

b. Coconut Milk.

Here In Aceh and commonly in Indonesia the sellers of coconuts are divided into two: the sellers of green coconut and the brown one. The green one is for you to drink. While the brown one is the old coconut and grated fruit that squeezed, change it into coconut milk. Santan or coconut milk is processed as a mixture in Indonesian cooking specialties such as; Rendang, which is a very delicious beef dish, also includes Chicken Soto, Lamb Curry, Gulai Bebek, Lontong Kuah, also pancake snacks, pudding and pastries. The effect of savory coconut milk gives a flavor that I really miss when I'm abroad.

c. Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO)

If you know how to filter it properly then you will get virgin coconut oil which also has many benefits. Coconut milk that has been squeezed in the first juice can then be store until the water and the oil separated and taken the oil. This need a certain steps to telling maybe next time.

d. Dried Coconut Skin

The coconut fruit that we see, on the outer skin is covered by a kind of sweat fibers which is quite thick, that covering the fruit shell, and filled by soft fruit flesh and coconut water. This coconut fiber skin can make this fruit float in the ocean without sinking. Great creature. This fiber can be peeled with special tools by coconut farmers and sold to foot mat manufacturers. In addition, these fibers when they are dry, can also function as an orchid growing media.

4. The Leaves

The coconut leaves with a long and flat shape like a sword having hard and long bones in the middle. If the leaves and bones are separated, they have their own functions. As the bones can be made as a broom stick, I ever met a traditional broom stick craftsman in my town and saw the process. Then, the leaves can be woven into mats, seat mats, table mats, also the roof of the house and the roof of a small bungalow.

The tree that I captured is a young and short coconut tree, no need to climb to pick the fruit, just swing a machete. But if it is an old tree, certainly taller and you have to climb to be able to reach the fruit, sometimes a farmer train a monkey as a coconut picker. And, if you go to a coconut forest, remember to be careful walking under it, don't let it fall on your head, or you're auto go on hospital.

And this is one of the places in my town where I can get a green coconut fruit and the seller cut it with a machete and I can enjoy it in this bright daylight. Cheers! How about you, do you fancy a coconut? Can you find a coconut in your city? Let me know and share your experiences.