People still drink it. It's great for electrolytes, and better than Gator/Powerade, full of gross things.

I live on the west coast, where we have a ton of filipino-canadians, and they drink it like, well, like it's water. There's almost as many coconut water cans as bottled water bottles in public recycling bins. Every grocery stocks it.

I drink at least 1L daily. It's one of the easiest ways to get enough potassium, as most people are deficient.

How do people survive summers without it?? Need those electrolytes.

I started drinking it more recently since most of the other drinks at the local convenience store are American but Coconut water is usually Thailand.

I’ve been drinking it more and more, just got into it in the last few years.

As I get older, hydration becomes more important.

Nope! I've drank straight from the sap collecting bucket many times and not had any problems.

If it's sold commercially though, it'd need some sort of treatment like pasteurisation. Sap sucker brand probably already does this