As I took my boy to school the other day, I was lucky to stumble upon a few men harvesting fresh coconuts from a couple of coconut trees. This was a great opportunity. I stopped my car and asked how much the coconuts were. The man said we would have to wait for the coconut expert high on top of the tree to come down.
He did come down and I bought a bunch of 10 fresh green young coconuts for we call “buko” for only P 145 as they did not have change for my P 500. Great discount. They were initially selling for P 170.
Upon coming home my children were excited to see a big bunch of bukos still attached to one another and had their picture taken.
I have an uncle who owns a coconut farm and he says he refuses to eat the coconuts in manila as they had already been picked for several days and who knows if they had been drenched in sunlight. Fresh buko tastes different he says.
I was excited to have a taste of the fresh buko juice and I was not disappointed. It was all I ever expected. I describe it as ultra fresh just picked 1 hour ago buko juice. Absolutely the best. This can be addicting. I will have to find a buko man who freshly harvests everyday and buy from him on the spot.
