Vanilla Beans
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Vanilla takes a long time to cultivate. It can take 14 months for the pods to grow after pollination, plus another nine months after that until they’re ready to be picked. Vanilla beans are picked while still green and then dried in the sun for weeks. During the drying process, each pod is massaged by hand to bring out the natural oils. Each bean is sorted by quality and graded based on length, appearance, etc, etc. Some make the cut, some make extract and powder.
Vanilla Beans
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Vanilla, a member of the orchid family is a climbing monocot possessing a stout, succulent stem; short petioled, oblong leaves; about 20 cm long. The inflorescence is a raceme with 20 or more flowers. Flowers are 6 cm long, 2.5 cm wide, either yellowish green or white. Fruit popularly known as �beans� or �pod� is a capsule, nearly cylindrical and about 20 cm long Vanilla is used mainly as a flavouring material; a critical intermediary in a host of pharmaceutical products and as a subtle component of perfumes. As a flavouring agent, it is used in the preparation of ice creams, milk, beverages, candies, confectionaries and various bakery items.
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