https://www.nomeatathlete.com/zico-pure-coconut-water/ Plant Based Diet for Athletes Wed, 26 Feb 2020 20:12:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://www.nomeatathlete.com/zico-pure-coconut-water/#comment-4163 Sat, 22 Mar 2014 16:19:20 +0000 https://www.nomeatathlete.com/?p=5641#comment-4163 Hi Matt,
I like yourself and many others love coconut water. Growing up in the Caribbean and being able to enjoy it regularly you might say I’m perhaps a bit picky when it comes to Coconut water. I first learned about Zico in the late 90’s and drank it religiously through the mid 2000’s. My father in-law drove the trucks that would bring their product into a small warehouse in North Bergen NJ. Zico was not even in stores yet. No one knew about Zico or how it would taste. I would bring it to my baseball games. This made me very popular with my baseball buddies many of whom longed for that coconut water taste that would transport us to younger years growing up. Zico had nailed it!!!!! it was great!! As you may be able to tell my love affair with Zico began a while back but in recent years whenever I tried it the taste I learned to love was not there anymore and I stopped drinking it…recently I saw it in the store and you could say that almost out of nostalgia I grabbed a bottle and again I was disappointed. I did not know that the guys who started it all sold the company to Coca Cola. Now it all made sense to me…I think that even the original location where the got the coconuts has changed. I was under the impression that they came from Costa Rica or Nicaragua but from their website I know no they are using coconuts from Thailand. I am not an expert on the coconut subject and I don’t know if coconuts from the Caribbean are different from those in other parts of the world. I also don’t know if Coca Cola is adding anything extra to their drink. All I know that what I first loved about Zico is no longer there when I drink it. I do swear by coconut water and all of it properties but Zico is no longer my first choice. 🙁

]]> https://www.nomeatathlete.com/zico-pure-coconut-water/#comment-4162 Sat, 08 Feb 2014 04:17:02 +0000 https://www.nomeatathlete.com/?p=5641#comment-4162 I just tried Zico coconut water for the first time and had to spit out the first sip. It is nasty and does not taste like real coconut water at all … and I should know: I have holidayed regularly in the Caribbean and I know how coconut water should taste.
The uninitiated might believe they are drinking coconut water when they drink Zico, but it is far from it. A truly disgusting taste!

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