Buko Express Kiosk Review - Why I love this coconut!

Location: Sto. Rosario St., Angeles City, Philippines

My officemates and I always have issues on what to drink during break time; water is always available of course but sometimes drinking purely water everyday can be overrated. We’re never a soda lover so softdrinks is out of the picture. Our office is located at the heart of Angeles City where convenience stores and mall are only walking distance but even mall’s ready to drink beverages can sometimes be so bland and expensive.

To our delight a new kiosk offering fresh buko (coconut) juice and buko shake opened near our office, the store is called Buko Express and their products stand by their name – everything coconuts! Despite our constant banters my officemates and I have one thing in common and that is our love for buko juice (even those from rolling stores) so upon seeing the advertisement that this kiosk is now open we rush to try their products.

What’s great about Buko Express is that they do not add water or any other preservatives to their products. We love the taste! The juice is pure and their buko is young so the meat is soft and very appetizing. Their shake is also yummy - pure, fresh and young coconut meat blended with evaporated milk and coconut juice. The customer has the option if he wants his shake sweet or not. 

The juice comes in plastic cups while customers can choose whether to have their shake in cups or in bottles. Their pricing scheme in my opinion is also quite reasonable, their juice range from 22 pesos to 50 pesos per cups and 30 pesos to 75 pesos per bottle. The shake however ranges from 30 pesos to 65 pesos per bottle. Customers also have the option to order additional flavors for their shakes or juice such as buko pandan, strawberry, lychee or ube for only 5 pesos additional fee.

Another thing that fascinates us about Buko Express is their coconut opener – a contraption like machine where buko can be opened without the aid of bolo or any knife. It’s pretty convenient and very hygienic we think since using a machine operated coconut opener has less possibility of juice contamination due to dirty knife or hands compared to manual labor. 

The staff and vendors were cool and courteous and always have a ready smile for everyone so my officemates and I enjoyed dropping by to get our delicious shakes to beat the heat of the weather. The only thing we see as flaw for this great booth is their lack of enough space for customers to sit while waiting for their orders but nonetheless we don’t think we’ll ever be tired of falling in line just to get a sip from this delectable buko store.