Beach Cart · Cold Coconut Water
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Vendors keep the coconuts on ice for hours before serving, then hack off just enough of the top with a machete for a straw — the whole coconut becomes the cup.
A young green coconut is chilled, then a vendor cuts a hole in the top with a machete and hands it over with a straw, the natural water inside still cold. Carts stacked with coconuts line Puntarenas' beachfront boardwalk all day.
Why it's made this way: As Costa Rica's central Pacific port and beach town, Puntarenas' boardwalk has long relied on coconut carts to cool down crowds arriving straight off the train or bus from San José.
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