TERRE EXOTIQUE Ground Madagascar vanilla pods, 20 g.

Name: The Mood
Price range: $$$

€ 20.95 PVM

These vanilla pods grow naturally in the humid tropical forests of Veracruz, Mexico, the birthplace of vanilla. Fruity and chocolate notes give this vanilla an incredible taste. Use it in all sweet pastries, cakes or desserts.

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Vanilla comes from Mexico – it was also used by the Aztecs to sweeten the bitterness of chocolate. As early as 1521, vanilla was brought to France, and at the request of Louis XIV, this “black flower” began to be grown on the island of Reunion (then called île Bourbon). The vanilla plant bloomed, but never bore fruit outside its natural habitat, as the polynomialism of this plant required Mexican Melipona bees. It was not until 1850 that Edmond Albius, a slave from Reunion, discovered how to artificially pollinate vanilla flowers. In gratitude for this, he was guaranteed freedom.
Vanilla is the fruit of the vanilla planifolia creeper orchid. The care of this plant requires a great deal of diligent work. It is a creeper grown on a tree trunk (mango or avocado) or on stakes specially buried in the ground. Vanilla unfolds its flowers only three years after planting, but it takes another 8 months for its pods to mature. Vanilla pods are collected only by hand and require patience, dedication and diligence. Initially, the harvested pods are peeled, then dried in the sun for several weeks and smoothed by hand. The pods are then dried in boxes in the dark for another 8 months and only then sorted for consumption.