2.2. Preparation of coconut milk
Coconuts of 12–14 months’ maturity from ‘ordinary tall’ coconut cultivars were used for the oil extraction. Coconut milk was prepared by hand pressing scraped coconut endosperm. The vis- cous slurry resulting from the hand pressing of coconut endosperm was squeezed through a cheesecloth to obtain coconut milk. Differ- ent components of coconut endosperm, namely white coconut ker- nel (WK), white coconut kernel and coconut testa (WK + CT), white coconut kernel and coconut water (liquid endosperm) (WK + CW), and white coconut kernel, coconut testa and coconut water (WK + CT + CW) were used for the preparation of coconut milk. The endosperm components used in this study were from the coco- nuts that were used for the oil extraction, and additional amounts of any component were not added in excess from other coconuts