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Coconut costs 300,000 VND, only to know it’s worth the money

The special type of coconut in Tra Vinh has a price of about 300,000 VND / fruit, such a high price is thanks to the typical layer of sticky, fatty coconut rice.

Coconut is the type fruit common in tropical countries. In Vietnam, coconut water is used to make soft drinks, coconut rice is used to make jam cakes, and coconut fiber is used to make handicrafts. Coconuts are grown in large quantities, so most types of coconut have very affordable prices.

However, in Tra Vinh, there is a waxy coconut variety, which is sold at a price of 200,000 – 300,000 VND/fruit. Visually, this hundred-dollar coconut is not too different from other ten-dollar coconuts. When you open it up, you will see something special. Coconut water is thick, like glue; thick, soft and spongy coconut rice; especially the greasy taste and aroma right after peeling.

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Quality is not the only factor that makes waxed coconut so expensive. Each year, a waxy coconut tree produces only a few dozen fruits and not all of them are wax coconuts, at most 2-3 in each chamber.

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In addition, new non-waxed coconuts were selected for breeding because they have the ability to create embryos, sprouts, and mortises. It is because of these two characteristics that waxy coconut is quite rare, the quantity is not enough to supply to the market. The expensive price of up to several hundred thousand VND/fruit is understandable.

Buy a waxy coconut, if you want to eat it well, you have to know how, you don’t have to just cut it out and use a spoon to grate the coconut and eat it directly like regular coconut.

Tra Vinh people often mix waxed coconut with sugar, condensed milk, and ice, mix well before eating. The greasy taste of coconut mixed with the sweetness of milk, adding a little coolness of ice is “the right song”, everyone who eats it will be praised.

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In addition to this traditional way of eating, netizens also showed how to eat with fruits such as jackfruit, strawberry, mango, dragon fruit, papaya, … sprinkle a little peanut as a topping, make sure to eat delicious forget the way home.

According to VTC

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