36B Planifolia Vanilla Givrée from Sulawesi, Indonesia (from 2 Pods)

Organic Vanilla Planifolia Givrée
Origin: Indonesia
Terroir: Sulawesi
Harvest: 2023
Curing: Scalded and sun dried, frosted (crystallised)
Affinage: >12 months
DDM: 31.12.2026
 
The Planifolia Givrée from Sulawesi, with its spicy, bold and woody notes and delicate ripe fruits aromas and full nof Vanillin crystals.
 
* Vanillin crystals is the natural end expression of the benzenoid crystal that matures inside the pod. Within properly cured vanilla pods vanillin functions as an important conservative, and its content should be high enough before curing and refining in order to stimulate natural immune resistance to mold and create delicious dark fragrant vanilla smell and flavours.
 
Vanillin crystals are a natural concentrate and a sign of excellent quality of the vanilla pods. You can recognise them as they shine in the light and look like white spines or literally shiny sharp glass-like tiny “diamonds” of vanilla, such as the THC residue on excellent marijuana plants.
 
When vanilla pods have this high vanillin content they can be kept for years under excellent storage condition, in glass tubes or glass jars well protected from light. Crystalline beans also have an amazing and powerful smell and tend to dry out over time so the smell and flavor packs into the plant matter but does not diffuse aromatically through the air without interaction or extraction. The flavor literally soaks deep into the skin and seeds and retains inside the pod.
 
Pods measure +- 18 cm for an average weight of 4g. A kilo is about 250 pods and some of them may be splitted (Vanille fendue) due to late harvest.
Moisture: 30%
Vanillin: +-3%
Packaging: 2 pods or more in glass tubes or glass jars or in sachets
Sulawesi Indonesia origin certified