WHAT THESE PODS ARE Extract Exclusive Grade Madagascar Vanilla bean Pods - 4-5.5 lenght short dry but very aromatic vanilla beans. WHAT THESE PODS ARE NOT These are not gourmet bean pods. Not ideal for caviarseed scrapping.
Get our Grade A or Grade AB pods if intention is to scrap the caviar. HOW TO USE THESE PODS Chop them up into pieces and immerse in alcohol and wait for the flavor extraction. More vanilla for quality extract at a lower cost, to shorten your extraction duration.
SAVE MONEY HAVE FUN WITH YOUR HOME-MADE VANILLA EXTRACT More vanilla to shorten your extraction duration lower cost and quality extract. Our specially sorted Extract Exclusive Grade B pods are bourbon conditioned longer to eliminate more water weight with rich aroma. WE ARE PROUD OF OUR BEANS STRIVE FOR COMPLETE AND HAPPY CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE We go the extra mile to offer the best vanilla beans to our customers.
If our beans do not meet your expectations, please email us through Amazon and we will do whatever we can to meet your expectations.. Vanilla planifolia otherwise known as Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla, named after 2 islands in the Indian ocean noted for cultivating the crop. Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla (Vanilla planifolia) is by far the most popular of the 3 cultivated vanilla species - Vanilla planifolia, Vanilla tahitiensis and Vanilla pompona.
Vanilla bean pods are graded after they are harvested, conditioned and ready for use. The grading is based on moisture content, length of the pod and lack of dehiscence/wholesomeness of appearance. High moisture content, long, oily and dark seed pods with no splits/dehisces are given the highest grade, A, the Gourmet grade.
The Gourmet grade/Prime grade/Grade A, typically has about 30% moisture content, are 5” or longer and 1lb contains between 100 -120 pods. The grade B beans have about 15-25% moisture content, are relatively shorter, may have some blemishes and 1lb contains about 140-160 bean pods. The conditioned fruit seed pod with the vanilla flavor houses thousands of tiny, black seeds.
The pods and the seeds are both useful for culinary purposes.
