3 ways to enjoy Thailand coconuts

Behind tourism, coconuts are Samui's second industry. Local growers will tell you that Koh Samui coconuts are the very best of Thailand's coconuts – we believe it.

Before coconut water stepped into its fifteen minutes of fame, you might have equated coconut with a sickly Bounty bar or other fake confection – but that’s set to change.

1. Fresh Thai coconut

Fresh coconut juice has more vitamin C than orange juice! Happily, someone else will wield something machete-esque to cut the coconut open. Drink the juice and then use the provided spoon to scoop out the sides. (Parents – this is a great drink to get your kids hooked on).

Ask for a fresh coconut at any Thai beach restaurant – they're the ultimate hangover cure (and a refreshing break from Thai beer).

2. Thai coconut shake

Coconut milk blitzed with ice, guaranteed to cool you down faster than sub-zero air-conditioning. Both fresh coconuts & coconut shake options are available at just about every restaurant on the island – no need to spend time searching. Get the recipe to make a coconut shake just like in Thailand.

3. Thai coconut rum, jam, candy, oil, ice cream... and a lampshade

You can enjoy Thai coconuts in roughly a thousand ways. The booziest? Stop by Magic Alambic Rum Distillery to sample coconut flavoured Thai rum.

Thailand coconuts in numbers

1,000

The number of coconuts a well-trained money can harvest per day (vs 100 for a nimble human).

12 months

Koh Samui coconuts grow year-round –  unlike other Thai fruits, you can't miss them.

3 million

The number of coconut trees on Koh Samui

70

Coconuts produced per Koh Samui coconut tree, per year

2 million

Coconuts shipped from Koh Samui to Bangkok every month

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