An addendum to the above post: I have been making coconut milk in this way for decades, as I love making, and eating, Indian & Indonesian dishes. I used to compost the leftover coconut, until starting LC 5 years ago. Coconut flour isn't cheap to buy, and I am frugal by nature, so I looked into using the residue. It works fine, and the compost worms get enough other stuff that they won't starve :-)