Customer Reviews

Thai Kitchen Pure Coconut Milk, 13.66-Ounce Cans (Pack of 12)

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4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(10)

 

 

I don't write many reviews, but I just received my shipment and opened up a can, as I am making peanut butter pork and needed some more coconut milk. I had ordered the Natural Select brand before, which was okay. But this is so good, that I am eating it out of the can. I have an Asian cookbook that rates this as the best coconut milk on the market, and I would have to agree. Keep this one in stock and you'll have a loyal customer for life!!

I just made the coconut ginger chicken soup last night using this brand and it is so good on these cold evenings. I have a feeling I will be going through this case quickly as I love the coolness of the coconut milk mixed with the Thai spices, such a treat to have it in your own kitchen.

I love the product but I would love it even more if my cans did not come bent into half-moon shapes. Six of the 12 cans are severely beat up and make me wonder how bad the shelf life of my product has been affected by the weakening of the can's structure.

I am VERY displeased by the condition in which this package arrived.

edit:
I complained to Amazon that my cans were so bent that they could not even stand on their own and had to be lain on their sides, and they immediately shipped me a replacement order overnight.

I now have no complaints as the order came in perfect condition. I am extremely satisfied with this item!

SINCE NEW OWNERS - WATERED DOWN - 2 TABLESPOONS OF PRODUCT WAS 190 CALORIES --NOW 1/3 CUP IS 140 CALORIES - DOES NOT STIFFEN IN FRIGE - LIKE BEFORE
NOT TASTY LIKE BEFORE
MORE WATER AND MORE GUAR GUM = JUNK

COMPLAIN TO THEM OR THEY MAY WATER DOWN MORE - THEIR PHONE NUMBER IS ON CAN. EXAMPLE OF PURE GREED.

I WIL NEVER BUY AGAIN.

In my culture we cook with coconut milk all the time. Usually I use chaokoh brand but I was at whole foods and happened to buy thai kitchen brand organic coconut milk. Why they even make organic coconut milk I will never know. The husk and shell on a coconut are thick enough to protect the nut from pesticides. though I don't know about commercial coconut growing I do know that coconut palms grow everywhere around my family's home and there's no need for pesticides; the nuts are protected by nature. Anyways, I'm glad I didn't buy a whole case of the stuff. I tasted it before I added it to the eggplant dish I was making and it was gross and watery. Real coconut milk, like chaokoh, has the slightest sweetness to it and is thick, creamy and separated. I was in a pinch so I went ahead and used it, but I feel my dish would have been better if I used my usual brand.

Recently, I tried coconut milk in my coffee because I had some left after cooking curry. I drink 2 cups of coffee every morning, with cream - no sugar. Even though it sounds awful - the coconut milk was fantastic! So far I have tried two brands - the first was sweet, which I did not prefer - seeing as I do not sweeten my coffee. The second was Thai Kitchen, ORGANIC, unsweetened. The Thai Kitchen brand was MUCH better. It was thicker, and less sweet, very pleasant - creamy. I didn't see the Organic Thai Kitchen, so I just bought a case of the regular, unsweetened Coconut milk. I can't WAIT till it comes in! I know this is great in cooking, but seriously - when you have a recipe that does not call for the whole can, what do you do with the rest?

This is definitely the best coconut milk I can find. I especially like the organic version. The other brand referred to in these reviews is chemically altered. They add water and preserve it with sulfites - toxic and I'm allergic to them. Also, when you buy a 'lite' version of coconut milk, you are just paying for the company to water it down for you. You can add your own water at home if you don't like as much fat. But this is healthy fat (which can help you lose weight-study Dr. Young's New Biology) and coconuts are so good for you, especially the green/young ones.

This is consistently an excellent coconut milk. It's great to be able to purchase this in bulk at Amazon.

I've purchased about 5 cans per month of this for about 14 months. At first, this was a wonderful product.

Later, I started finding the bad can occasionally - where the taste was akin to either the product having a metallic reaction with the can, or the product tasting like it had gone bad. But it didn't happen often enough to make me quit buying it.

In the last few months, I've purchased more bad cans than good ones. I've written to their company, and called, numerous times. They don't seem too interested in my findings, sadly.

Just now, I read another reviewer's comments stating that Thai Kitchen was bought out about a year ago. That seems to coincide with when my dis-satisfaction with the product began. Not only is the taste often bad; but formerly there would be a nice thick lump of cream at the top of the can, and a bunch of thin watery milk at the bottom - as one would want. Now, however, the product is as thin as coffee creamer all the way through. It never thickens upon refrigeration, either. Clearly, there is NOT as much fat in the product as formerly. So disappointing!

I wanted a product without sodium metabisulfate - which is a huge allergy trigger. The other recommended brands like Chao Koh have the sodium metabisulfate. Thai Kitchen does add guar gum, but I can live with that. If only they could keep their quality consistently good!

I'm testing A Taste of Thai presently, which is more coconutty tasting, but is very thin and I'm not sure if I like the taste yet (there is an extra fruitiness that I can't quite identify and it is a little overpowering.)

It shouldn't be this hard to get a good prepared coconut milk!

I used to love Thai Kitchen Coconut Milk and bought it by the case. But they clearly changed the product and ruined a good thing.

The old Thai Kitchen was thick and wonderful. It separated in my fridge and even on my kitchen counter if it was below 70 degrees or so. It whipped up into a lovely whipped cream.

This stuff has the consistency of skim milk. It doesn't separate or harden even in the fridge. It doesn't whip up like heavy cream. The flavor seems watered-down.

Apparently these folks never heard the adage, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."