[mundizzle]

thanks for the tips! i've also sampled all the coconut waters i can find. 2 things i've come to notice...

- coconut water from thailand has a better (sweeter?) taste than from brazil.

- drinking out of steel/aluminum vs plastic containers somehow makes a difference. that could just be in my head though.

Amy & Brian's is the brand i get around here that satisfies my criteria.

will have to checkout the raw stuff though :)

[goldenkey]

Perhaps that's also why the raw ones tasted sweeter and better, they were both from Thailand. I know glass is the most inert but it doesn't seem like any of the brands sell glass bottles - pretty sure plastic would be the next best. Yeah, definitely try the raw when you can, I can't believe how awful the non-raw stuff taste in comparison - it's eye opening

[rdtsc]

Some "ethnic" (ex. Asian) stores will sell small glass bottles of it (they look like miniature coca cola bottles), sometimes the come in with chunks of coconut.

Not sure how fresh/healthy/pasteurized/sweetened they are but I seem to like those best out of the ones I tried.

Can't even tell you the brand. There were two that had the same packaging and one tasted better.

And yes, it was sweeter.

[vijayr]

Don't miss a chance to taste raw coconut water, it is awesome. None of these packaged stuff (at least the ones I've tried) is anything close to the raw one.

Drinking out of clay cups - that tastes even better than steel :)

[sjtrny]

Aluminium cans have plastic lining. The difference that you notice could be smell from the outside of the can as your nose is in close proximity to it. Do a blind test with the drinks poured into glassware.

[brk]

Another vote for Amy & Brian brand, FWIW.