Vita Coco

The first time I tried coconut water, I hated it. I thought it tasted like stale sweat. Nevertheless, when boxes of Vita Coco started appearing in my internship kitchen last fall, I was intrigued. Coconut water couldn’t really be that bad, right? How could so many Whole Foods patrons be wrong? How could a terrible drink be a favorite of so many of my friends? Maybe the problem was me and my closed mindedness. I decided to give it another shot. This was a different brand than the one I had tried, and it came in several different flavors. I chose Tangerine, and to my surprise, I actually liked it.