cocotap - coconut tool

one of the most useful and enjoyable tools you will ever own if you ( like we lucky far northerners) have access to fresh coconuts. the cocotap makes the most naturally refreshing drink ever totally accessible.  it eliminates the mess of opening coconuts with machetes, is simple, safe and now, easier to utilize nature's perfect packaging.

coconut water contains an abundance of natural goodness including growth factors like cytokinins, which are nature's anti-ageing compounds. It has been traditionally consumed around the tropical world for rehydration, refreshment, as a sterile water source, to soothe infants, dissolve kidney stones, kill intestinal worms, facilitate removal of toxins from the blood, boost libido, for healthy skin and hair as well as a laboratory growing medium and an emergency blood plasma substitute. now, also  recognized as high in antioxidants and useful in cholesterol control and ophthalmic relief.

a fantastic invention by Paul Richardson of Kuranda – up in the mountains behind Cairns – it won ABC TV's NEW Inventors Episode 12, in  2006. handcrafted in marine grade stainless steel- comes in explanatory packaging. a fantastic gift for outdoor enthuisiasts, cooks and anyone who would like to enjoy better health - naturally!

paul also lists other uses for the fabulous cocotap: as an 11th finger for tropical adventurers ! it's a round knife and survival multi tool, it can also be used to de-husk a more mature coconut , as a coconut harvesting gaff hook (when no climber, pole-saw or monkey), for opening shellfish, to pierce a tin can, to bait a crab pot, crack into a crab claw, as a tent peg extractor, alan key extension, great to untie a knot, splice a rope, or cut fishing line, as a grappling hook, a leatherwork tool, for carving anything, weaving aid, digging gem stones, even playing slide guitar, the possibilities are endless. great on the beach, in the caravan, in the boat or in the jungle.