I never felt strongly about coconut oil before I tried this product. In my mind, coconut oil was just another cooking oil in my cooking toolkit: It's oil. It does its job. Sometimes, it has a slightly coconutty taste.
But this product, my friends, will change your minds about coconut oil. And dare I say, your lives.
I didn't think I could fall in love with coconut oil until I tried this one. Before buying this product, I had always purchased refined coconut oil, thinking that it was more "mild" and "less coconutty", which I (incorrectly) assumed was better for cooking. The internet will tell you that virgin coconut oil will give you more of a coconut taste. That's what I had always believed, so I didn't think that would be for me.
But one day, I was feeling adventurous, and thought "you only live once"... so I drank my glass of wine, pressed that "buy now" button, and smiled mischievously at the thought of making a few extra coconutty bakes for my coworkers and loved ones.
Then this beautiful jar arrived, and My God, was I wrong about everything.
This is the best coconut oil I have ever had, and have ever had the pleasure of cooking with. The taste? PURE COCONUT BUTTER HEAVEN - like if coconuts were delightful butter babies that produced the most joyful, moist, delectable substance made out of love, hope, and happiness. It had style! It had flair! It was there! No, but in all seriousness, one taste and my heart stopped, grew three sizes bigger, and embraced this newfound world that I had shut off for so much of my life. If only previous me knew what she was missing!
For my cooks out there, this stuff cooks better, tastes better, bakes better, blends better, and even drinks better than any conventional coconut oil on the market. I have made cookies, brownies, cakes, savory dishes, casseroles, soups, smoothies, and more with this little jar of superpowered scrumptiousness.
What more can I say? Drink a glass of wine, order this, and upgrade your cooking adventures.
How coconut oil is processed is the key to optimizing its taste, texture, color, and aroma. Within two hours of Nutiva's coconuts being chopped, the oil is cold-pressed at below 104 degrees. Contrast this with 99 percent of the coconut oil used today in cooking and body care. First, the coconut is chopped and left to dry in the sun for days. Then the meat is scooped out and sent thousands of miles to giant oil mills where the oxidizing coco meat is refined, bleached, and/or deodorized. Ironicall
