Nielsen-Massey 2.5 oz. Madagascar Bourbon Pure Vanilla Powder

Use this Nielsen-Massey Madagascar Bourbon pure vanilla powder to add intoxicating vanilla flavor to your recipes without watering down batters or breaking emulsions! On the islands of Madagascar and Reunion (formerly known as Bourbon) off the east coast of southern Africa, expert farmers carefully hand-pollinate delicate white and yellow vanilla orchid flowers to produce long seed pods that resemble green beans. These pods ripen on the vine under the tropical sun for around 9 months before being hand-harvested and cured. The pods are first blanched in hot water, then placed in the sun each day to absorb heat and moved to large wooden boxes each night to sweat. From pollinating to harvesting to curing, it takes well over a year to transform the fragrant flowers of vanilla orchids into distinctive, long, dark brown vanilla beans. Once they’re cured, the beans are dried, ground, and mixed with an all-natural starch to produce a powder that’s perfect for stirring into your signature recipes. This time- and skill-intensive process results in vanilla with an unparalleled flavor that cannot be matched by synthetic alternatives!