Tag: Vanilla

  • Vanilla History and Uses: Vanilla planifolia / V. tahitensis

    Vanilla History and Uses: Vanilla planifolia / V. tahitensis

    Vanilla begins as an orchid fruit, not as a brown liquid in a bottle. Vanilla planifolia supplies much familiar culinary vanilla, while other cultivated forms, including Tahitian vanilla, offer different aromatic profiles. The long fruits commonly called beans develop their characteristic fragrance through careful postharvest processing. Read more