How do you determine whether a coconut is young or not by knocking on it?

I've seen some people knock on a coconut to determine if it is young or not. Sometimes they knock with their knuckles, or with a machete. How do they do that?

A young coconut has lesser meat, but softer and almost-translucent. The coconut water also tastes better.

Edit: Take note that the key word here is KNOCK. I generally don't see them shaking the coconut.

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Shake it gently and listen for and feel the slosh. As coconuts age the liquid level decline to zero

An unripe coconut is nearly full and can hardly slosh. A good slosh sound is a generally ripe coconut (about 150 to 300 ml's of liquid). As the liquid get less and less the flesh get softer and tastier to eat raw

There are many different types of coconuts, this may not apply to them all?

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How can you tell if a coconut is young?

Ideally, a coconut will have bright white inner flesh, and relatively clear to slightly milky water. My own rule is to consume them as long as they're not pinkish (or any darker) inside. Occasionally, you'll find ones that are mostly water and hardly any flesh.

How do you pick a young coconut?

Young coconut These fruits are harvested young and their green outer skin is pared away to reveal a white cylindrical husk with a pointy, pencil-like tip. Inside the white husk is the familiar round coconut with its hard, fibrous shell\u2014or the nut.

What do young coconuts look like?

When you pick a coconut, you should pick one that doesn't have any cracks in it and feels heavy and full. Put it up to your ear and shake it. It should sound like there's water in it. A browner coconut will have more white meat on the inside, while a green coconut will be filled with more electrolyte-filled juice.

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