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Quality Of Coconut Shell Charcoal

Author: Greg Ryabtsev, Coconut shell charcoal expert.
Reviewed by: Gatot Wibowo, Head of production and general director.
Fact-checked: Wilson Gosalim, Commissioner and charcoal factory co-owner.

Updated on: February 9, 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutes

Carbonization of the Full Coconut (Shells + Coconut Meat)

Here I make a test to fully carbonize coconut (at 400 °C), including coconut shell and coconut meat—carbonization without oxygen for 6 hours.

The result is quite impressive; the coconut meat even turns to charcoal.
After burning, it is quite ashy, but the ash color is white and nice.

fully carbonized coconut including shell and coconut meat — fully carbonized coconut, including shell and coconut meat

Compare the Traditional Carbonization Method with the Modern Carbonization

Here I test coconut shell charcoal that was carbonized by the traditional method (burning in fire in a drum or earth peat) vs carbonization oven with limited oxygen access and without direct fire access to the shells.
Coconut shells are originally the same.

For example, in Indonesia, most of the shisha charcoal (coconut shell charcoal) is made with traditional methods using drums or pit holes

traditional drum for carbonization shisha (coconut shell) charcoal — traditional drum for carbonization of coconut shell charcoal

pit hole for traditional carbonization coconut shell (shisha) charcoal — traditional pit hole for carbonization of coconut shell charcoal in Indonesia

Here in this test, I compare head-to-head traditional obtained coconut shell charcoal vs modern method carbonized coconut shell charcoal.

Coconut shell charcoal carbonisation: traditional method (drum/pit hole) vs modern #coconutcharcoal

compare traditionally (drum or pit hole) carbonization vs modern carbonization of coconut shell charcoal

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Coconut Charcoal Expert at Coconut Charcoal Briquettes Factory & Supplier for shisha & hookah

Greg Ryabtsev is the expert in coconut charcoal with over 10 years of industry experience. He developed the Standard Testing Procedure (STP) for shisha charcoal and is the author of several patent-pending technologies in hookah coal manufacturing.

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