2.2. Preparation of coconut milk
Coconuts of 12–14 months’ maturity from ‘ordinary tall’ coco- nut 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