How to Open & Extract Milk from a Coconut

Is there anything like the sweet smell of fresh coconut meat? Here are easy steps for making your own coconut milk from the meat of a coconut. 1. Pierce the three black eyes at the top of the coconut with a sharp instrument. 2. Drain the watery juice out of the eyes - this is not the coconut milk.  3. Tap around the middle of the coconut with a sharp instrument to crack it open. (The non-chopping side of a cleaver in the photo).    4. Remove the white meat from inside the two halves of the coconut.  5. Test a small piece of the meat. If it tastes bad, do not proceed any further.  6. Chop up any pieces of coconut meat that are noticeable larger than others.  7. Place half the coconut meat in the blender with about 1 1/2 cups of hot water (Vary the amount of water to produce thicker or thinner milk).  8. Process for thirty seconds. Repeat with the other half of the meat. 9. Place a few layers of cheesecloth over a bowl and strain the milk through the cloth.  10. Lift up the cheesecloth and squeeze the milk out. 10B. Repeat the process with the other half of the coconut meat.