Organic Raw Sun Cured Whole Vanilla Bean Powder 4oz

Our Vanilla Bean Powder is made from organic vanilla beans. Vanilla is the only orchid flower in the world that produces an edible fruit. It is very labor intensive to cultivate and produce large amounts of, which is why it is normally so expensive.

ALL vanilla beans are cured using a natural fermentation process. Vanilla keeps indefinatley and actually gets better with age a lot like wine, and it does not require refrigeration.

Other interesting Vanilla Facts :

* Vanilla is the only orchid in the world that produces an edible fruit!
* Vanilla is used in almost every chocolate bar recipe on the planet, and vanilla vines can actually grow on chocolate trees!
* For the Totonaca, vanilla was a sacred herb that they incorporated into all levels of their lives. As a medicine it had a number of uses.
* Although vanilla hasn’t received as much attention as many of the common popular herbs such as lavender, mint or chamomile, it has been used as a ‘medicine’ for hundreds of years and its popularity is growing as more evidence becomes available about its power to heal and soothe.