Battle of brands (Coconut Water)

I'm not a huge fan of coconut. I don't like Almond Joy, and I don't like coconut curry; what I especially do not like is coconut water. Despite my distaste for coconut, I've decided to try coconut water once more (at my own risk) since my best friend had acquired a new love for it after disliking it for quite some time. I couldn't eat tacos up until I graduated high school and had grown to love them afterwards, so I figured why not. 

Afraid to try a "natural" coconut water, my first choice was O.N.E.'s pink guava flavor. I figured okay, I like pink guava, and if anything, it'll taste like pink guava. 

Not bad... though my first impression was: where is my straw? I think I was meant to just peel back the silver foil part and drink without a straw. Damn. 

This was 33 cents at the 99 cent store- the place my best friend got her crazy 1L Zico branded chocolate flavored (eew) coconut water for 99 cents. Good buy. :) 

My second choice was Naked brand. I like Naked in general, their fruit juices are super delicious, and once again, why not. So this one was two for a dollar, so I got it at 50 cents. If I wasn't going to like it, I would like to think that I didn't completely waste my money. So this was a good buy. 

My friend from Trader Joe's walked by just as I was about to open this up, and suggested that I store it in the freezer so it would get crazy cold. I followed her suggestion as this was the "natural" flavor and didn't want to be completely put off by the nastiness again. (Apologies to all the coconut and coconut-water lovers out there. I just don't like it... and can't describe it any other way) 

Two hours of chilling in the freezer later...

...and... I'm still totally put off. it's like... a stranger's backwash who drank too much milk... or just super watered down milk. it just isn't tasty! but could it have anything at all to do with the "no sugar added" part? I dunno, but I can definitely say that I'm still not the biggest coconut fan. I'm gonna finish this though! I'm gonna savor (the least I could do is try!) every sip of this "good-for-you" drink. yeah. Let me just say that I won't be buying a natural flavored one again. 

The pink guava flavored one was delicious compared to the natural one, but I'll just stick to good old H2O. 

What started out as a battle of brands turned out to be a lesson in sticking to what you know is better than trying something new. Lol. Fail.