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TASTE
TEST
HUFFINGTON
08.04.13
When ‘I Didn’t Spit It Out’ Is the
Mark of a Decent Coconut Water
BY KRISTEN AIKEN
OCONUT WATER has
grown in popularity
over the past couple
of years, becoming the
“healthy” replacement for sports
drinks. Everyone’s drinking it.
Rihanna’s drinking it. It’s even
supplied in our office’s free vending machines. We just have one
question.
Why? The flavor of coconut water has never appealed to us, so we
decided it’s about time we opened
our minds and our taste buds to
its possibilities. We gathered 12
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major brands of coconut water,
tasted them blindly, recorded our
thoughts, and ranked them. We
even brought in outside editors for
help, hoping to offset our prejudicial scores.
Turns out, everyone pretty much
hates most coconut water. There
were a couple decent brands in the
bunch, but we’re going to do you
a favor and tell you which brands
were absolutely wretched. A few of
the lowlights: “Tastes like rotten
old plant water that results after
leaving your flowers in a vase for
way too long.” “Tastes like motor oil. I gagged.” “DEAR
LORD, MURDER ME.”
As always,
this taste
test is in no
way influenced or
sponsored
by any of
the brands
involved.
Nor any others, for that
matter.