Coqui Snacks
The Atlas Obscura Podcast
SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 29 November 2025
⏱️ 12 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, so let's say it's a hot day in central Florida, like usual, and you're in a city called |
| 0:06.6 | Kissimmee. There's a place you can go to cool off, get a drink, and a snack, but it is not easy |
| 0:13.1 | to find. It's in a cul-de-sac, so nobody would go there unless you had to. It is hidden away. |
| 0:19.6 | Down that cul-de-sac next to a daycare center, |
| 0:23.3 | there's a yellow sign in front of what looks like a bunch of trees. |
| 0:27.4 | Follow the path next to the sign, |
| 0:29.1 | and it will take you back to this little yellow bungalow |
| 0:31.8 | with rocking chairs on a front porch, |
| 0:34.6 | surrounded by tropical plants. |
| 0:36.7 | You'll know you're in the right place because of what it sounds like. |
| 0:41.3 | We have the sound of the cocky frog on the outside of the store. |
| 0:48.5 | That sound is playing over outdoor speakers. |
| 0:51.9 | It's named Koki because that's the sound it makes. |
| 0:55.1 | It literally sings Koki, Koki, Koki, Koki, all night long. |
| 0:59.1 | And when it's raining, it sings that all night long. |
| 1:02.4 | You either love it or it drives you crazy. |
| 1:05.2 | But most Puerto Ricans love it. |
| 1:06.7 | My mother hates it. |
| 1:07.8 | But most Puerto Ricans love it. |
| 1:09.9 | So when people come in, they hear this sound. And that's also very emotional for us Puerto Ricans to hear that sound. |
| 1:17.2 | Sometimes they sit on the rocking chairs, and they're like, this is what I used to do at my grandmother's songs, and listen to the cookie, and they just break down crying, which is sweet. |
| 1:26.3 | It's very sweet. |
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