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Hand-cured vanilla beans (Vanilla planifolia) from Java, Bali and Papua, graded from gourmet Grade A for direct culinary use through to extraction-grade beans for flavour houses.
HS 0905
Specification
Where it's grown
Long-established curing houses producing consistent gourmet-grade split and whole beans.
Smaller estate-grown lots with strong aromatic profile favoured by boutique buyers.
Emerging origin with wild and semi-cultivated vanilla for specialty and single-origin buyers.
Who buys it
Grade A whole beans for direct culinary use, paste and extract manufacturing.
Extraction-grade beans and cuts for vanillin and oleoresin extraction houses.
Individually packed whole beans for premium retail and gifting.
Questions buyers ask
Gourmet Grade A beans are long, supple, high-moisture beans suited to direct culinary use and retail; extraction-grade beans are drier or shorter cuts sold mainly to flavour houses for vanillin extraction.
Beans are hand-cured using the traditional blanch-sweat-dry-condition method over several months to develop their characteristic aroma and dark colour.
Yes, cuts and splits are available separately from whole beans at a lower price point, suited to buyers processing for extract or vanillin.
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