Soak almonds overnight in ½ cup filtered water. Rinse almonds.
Add 1.5 cup hot (not boiling) water and 1/2 c unsweetened dry & shredded coconut to blender jar and let sit for 15 minutes or until cool.
Add soaked almonds plus 1.5 cups filtered water and secure lid.
For Blendtec: Press the WHOLE JUICE button OR Blend on a Medium to Medium-High speed for 50 seconds. Wait about 10 seconds and run through the same cycle 1 more time.
For Vitamix: Start on VARIABLE Speed 1. Turn machine on and slowly increase speed to VARIABLE Speed 10/HIGH for about 1.5 minutes.