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Try it, and you'll marvel at the rich, luscious taste of cakes, brownies, muffins, granola, ice cream and more. The secret is out: genuine Mexican vanilla makes all the difference. When it comes to flavor, there's almost no comparison between it and standard grocery-store vanilla. Its dark amber color tells you it's the real thing: authentic Mexican vanilla, made from the richest vanilla beans on earth.
Did you know that when vanilla beans are harvested, they have neither flavor nor fragrance?
Amazingly, vanilla beans must remain on the vine for nine months, then go through an arduous curing and drying process in order to develop the complex flavor and fragrance the world has grown to love. Beans are heated in ovens or blanched in hot water, then placed in the sun for weeks, or sometimes months. They are then placed in large wooden boxes and allowed to "sweat." They will lose up to 80% of their moisture content before the process is complete. The entire process from pollination to shipment takes about one year.
