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What Vanilla is Available for Sweets?

The SECOND most expensive spice IN THE WORLD?! Cooking ingredients: bean, extract, paste

Did you know that Vanilla is the second most expensive spice in the world (right after Saffron!)?!

Here's why:
✨ Labour-Intensive Cultivation:
Vanilla orchids must be hand-pollinated, often within a narrow 24-hour window when the flower blooms. It’s a very delicate and time-consuming process.

✨ Long Processing Time:
After harvesting, vanilla beans undergo a lengthy curing process that can take several months to develop their signature flavour and aroma.

✨ Climate Sensitivity:
Vanilla grows best in specific tropical climates (like Madagascar, which produces around 70–80% of the world's vanilla), making it vulnerable to natural disasters or weather disruptions.

✨ High Demand and Low Supply:
Quality vanilla is in high demand, especially for natural flavouring in foods, perfumes, and cosmetics, which contributes to its high price.


🌺 Vanilla Pod (Bean)
The whole vanilla bean itself, containing tiny seeds inside.

Used by splitting the pod and scraping out the seeds.

Offers the purest, most intense vanilla flavour and aroma.

Requires some prep but adds texture and appearance (the little black seeds)


🌺 Vanilla Extract
A liquid made by soaking vanilla beans in alcohol and water.

Easy to use and widely available.

Good for most baking and cooking, gives a consistent vanilla flavour.

Less intense than fresh pods, no seeds or texture.


🌺 Vanilla Paste
A thick paste made from vanilla extract plus vanilla bean seeds and sometimes a little sweetener or thickener.

Combines the convenience of extract with the visual appeal of the vanilla seeds.

Strong flavour and looks great in recipes where you want vanilla specks but don’t want to scrape pods


Summary:
Use pods for pure, fresh flavour and texture.

Use extract for convenience and liquid flavour.

Use paste for flavour plus the look of real vanilla seeds without the fuss.



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