Every bean is selected by hand to meet these rigorous specifications. What we get is over a century of knowledge, passed down through several generations with one goal in mind - to produce a celestial flavor and heavenly aroma with each harvest.
Grade A for Baking, Cooking, and Desserts
Grade A vanilla beans are superior in flavor, fragrance, and vanillin content. Grade A vanilla beans are harvested right at the peak of ripeness when the tips start to turn yellow. In turn, vanillin content is at it's highest, providing that sweet, heavenly scent that we are all familiar with. They are easy to split to scrape the caviar from inside the bean. This enables the caviar to be added directly to your favorite culinary confection.
Micro-farmers have long been taken advantage of by large curing outfits and were often barely able to feed themselves. Fortunately, through technology, global programs, and greater accessibility, this is quickly becoming a thing of the past.
Micro-farmers are directly tied to their land. It provides income, a place to call home, and a direct connection to their ancestors and their traditions. They are proud to be landowners, and continue on the tradition of curing vanilla beans that was handed down to them for several generations. Their work is their own, and they are able to reap the benefits from it, and to create a better life for their children so that they may hand down the knowledge and skill.
Moisture content of 30-35% making these beans pliable and easier to work with and split for your culinary delights or homemade extract. Length is approx. 5-6 inches.
Strong fragrance sourced from a recent 2021 harvest. Cured to bring out aromatics and flavor - essential to add a complexity of flavors.
Plump and packed full of caviar.
Also great for brewing craft beers, infusing liquors, cooking, homemade ice cream, and even flavoring other beverages.
Fully guaranteed for quality and purity. We hold ourselves to the highest standards because of our passion for all things vanilla.