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Buko Xtreme

On November 20, 2011, in Food, by mylifejoys

Driving around the marketplace in Tanuan City in the province of Batangas, I saw this “Buko Xtreme” stalls almost every 100 meters or so.

Every corner has a stall and most of them were jam packed by waiting customers. And because I have tried this coco drink in the cemetery stall last Nov. 1, me and my cousin went to a not so busy stall to quench both our thirst and curiosity.

As you can see, the drink is prepared by mixing young cocounut flesh (buko or buco), evaporated milk, sweet syrup. It is then poured into a PET bottle and covered with cap. This can be your take out/ food to go/ take away bottle. But if you want to enjoy it instantly like we do, the cap gets pressed to a giant hole press to be able to insert the straw. Voila! There you have the Buko Xtreme.

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Coconut Milk Extractor

On June 19, 2011, in Food, by mylifejoys

This coconut milk extractor has been in the market for quite sometime but when my Tatay went here mid of this year, he was amazed at the innovation he saw in the wet market.

The coco milk extractor is mainly a press with jack, yes the one used for lifting cars to replace flat tires. The coconut in a “pisnet” (fish net bag) is pressed between steel until the milk flows from it into a sieve. This is then the ‘kakang gata’. Though the technique is still crude, it has definitely advanced from the way milk was extracted by hand and some warm water in the past.