Vanilla Tahitensis

Gourmet Grade Tahitian Vanilla Beans. Vanilla Tahitensis is totally different from Planifolia, in appearance, flavour and aroma. It has a smooth fruity and flowery flavour which is perfect to many applications. All of our Gourmet Vanilla Beans are sourced from the Sepik Region of Papua New Guinea which is renown for producing some of the worlds best vanilla. Its all organically grown by small holder farmers who get above Fairtrade price for their vanilla. Our Gourmet Tahitensis Vanilla beans are perfect in appearance, shiny straight beans, no split, no scar and very appealing to the eye. They are 15-18cm in length with a high moisture content 28%. Normally reddish brown or dark brown to black in colour with a high vanillin content perfect for baking. All of our vanilla beans are traditionally cured to develop the full, complex vanilla flavour made up of over 200 organic compounds which artificial vanilla cannot properly replicate.