Open a coconut

There are three "eyes" or soft spots at the end of a coconut. Find the softest one and puncture it using the screwdriver or metal skewer. Once you have created a sufficient hole, turn the coconut upside down and set it atop of the glass so the water can drain.

Learn how to open a coconut to get all the refreshing water and sweet meat out of the tough shell in just a few easy steps. Opening a coconut and extracting the water is much easier than it looks—just follow our test kitchen's top tips and tricks.

Learn how to open a coconut easily! Opening a coconut is not hard, but it does require a little know-how. Here are 2 easy methods for opening a coconut.

Learn how to crack open a coconut quickly, easily and painlessly using nothing but a chef knife, a butter knife and a vegetable peeler.

Simple step-by-step instructions to open a coconut and extract the meat

Looking for a delicious and healthy way to cool off this summer? Try young coconuts! They're easy to open and full of refreshing coconut water. Learn how to open a coconut from the blog and some helpful tips about coconuts.

Coconuts are both delicious and healthy, but opening them, if you aren’t familiar with the proper technique, is always quite a challenge. The process itself isn’t that difficult, and 5-Minute Crafts is ready to show you how to open a coconut without any trouble.

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A few simple methods on how to open a coconut and remove the water and meat - including options that help preserve the shell to make coconut bowls!