Vanilla Beans (Mexican)

A little black bean whose scent is like fine white velvet.
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Vanilla Beans

Mexican vanilla beans are by and far the creamiest of all the vanilla beans with a scent of whipped cream and fresh custards. A slight flavor of smoke and orchid can also be detected. These qualities make Mexican vanilla beans perfect for cream and milk-based desserts.

Vanilla beans are one of the most unique, cherished, and utilized spices in the culinary world. In fact, one might say it well beats out saffron in each of these categories when you consider how nearly every home baker would fall into a state of collapse if their vanilla suddenly vanished.

Vanilla beans are actually derived from orchid plants. The vanilla orchid flower isn’t a fancy one; it’s rather skinny, with no inflorescence, and a pale yellow pallor that can hardly be considered appealing. Yet the orchids of the genus Vanilla aren’t prized for their looks but the seed pods they produce. These seed pods are packed with vanillin – the fragrant organic compound responsible for vanilla flavor.

Vanilla orchids require exhaustive effort and attention. To begin, they only grow in very specific climates and are notoriously sensitive, even with years of selective breeding to toughen them up. The plants are carefully grafted and trellised, then the flowers pollinated by hand. It then takes the seed pods six months to form and mature before they can be harvested. The pods then go through a complicated and extensive curing process that lasts another six months before being graded for quality based on size, appearance, moisture content, and aroma before being sold.

Vanilla bean fans that we are we only sell the highest quality vanilla beans. You’ll find each one to be fat, black, fragrant and wet. In other words: perfect.

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GradeGrade A (Gourmet/Premium/Prime)
Length6-7 inches (16cm - 17.5cm)
ColorDark Brown
Moisture Content25-30%
Flavor Profilecomplex, creamy, delicate, smooth
Basic PreparationTo use a vanilla bean, cut each end off from the vanilla bean and slice through the vanilla bean lengthwise, remove the paste from inside the vanilla bean and use as needed.
Recommended Applications
  • Use in a variety of cooking and baking applications, including vanilla sugar, sweet sauces, ice cream, cakes and cookies, and homemade vanilla extract
  • Use vanilla seeds to add a gourmet visual cue to ice cream, custards and crème brûlées
  • Add to coffee grinds for vanilla-flavored coffee, or add pods to sugar to make vanilla sugar
IngredientsVanilla Beans
Product StyleWhole
Shelf Life1 year
Handling / StorageStore in a cool, dry place.
Country of OriginMexico
Dietary PreferencesAll Natural, Gluten-Free, Kosher Parve, Non-GMO
Allergen InformationNone Specified

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