TOT Coconut water and legal and general

[alan_m]

2 mild rants

Today I purchased a can of 100% pure coconut water. I recommend it if you prefer the taste of stagnant ditch water. It also had a somewhat overpowering unpleasant smell.

Today I received my annual summary of investments (ISAs) from Legal and General. Previously this has occupied 3 off A4 pages, one of which was the covering letter. This time it's a new format in the form of a 24 page A4 booklet with the information presented in child like pages in coloured crayon. I exaggerate slightly but they seem to have neglected to cater for those who may have sight problems where black text on a white background may have been a lot better - for all of us! I'll bet that they spent £1000s on consultancy fees dreaming up this new "cool" way of presenting information. At least they have given a feedback email address requesting customers respond to the new format.

[Max Demian]

Why?

What's it supposed to taste and smell of?

[Tim Watts]

I like it - most refreshing.

Must be a "cabbage" thing.

[alan_m]

I like cabbage, spouts etc. but this tasted and smelt much like what you would get if you boil cabbages to death and drain off the water to drink.

[The Natural Philosopher]

You might have had a bad can.

I am not a fan of coconut water, but I have drink it out of the odd coconut and whilst its a bit insipid, its not unpleasant, normally.

[Brian Gaff]

Oh yes been here before. Not just them, it seems to be atrend and the web sites are no better either. Brian

[harpingon]

I don't mind it if it's out of the coconut, but the canned stuff always tates and smells hideous to me, and I've tried loads of brands. Strange.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Possibly they put something in it as a preservative,that you can taste but most cannot.

[damduck-egg]

Are you sure it was intended for consumption and you didn't mistakenly pick up a shampoo. It's difficult to tell them and the fancy drinks apart by the labels alone with so many "flavours".

G.Harman

[Dave W]

Coconut water comes from unripe green coconuts, which I doubt you've seen. Normal coconuts have coconut milk.

[The Natural Philosopher]

No. Although I agree that it is different depending on the state of the coconut.

'Normal' coconuts still have 'coconut water'.

Coconut milk is what happens when you blend the *meat* *and* the water of a ripe coconut and is entirely different.

[alan_m]

Coconut milk is the ground up white coconut flesh.

[The Natural Philosopher]

added the the coconuts water...