These are truly RAW vanilla beans.

Hand-cultivated, hand-picked and cured only in the sun. Unlike other types of vanilla beans, these have never been blanched in hot water to start the curing process.

From the exquisite blooms of the vanilla orchid come the pods that yield one of the world's greatest flavors. Vanilla beans (pods) are the cured dried fruit of the only fruit-bearing orchid. Although there are about 150 species of vanilla orchids, only a few are used commercially. Producing these vanilla beans requires considerable care and fortuitous circumstances. For centuries, native peoples have cultivated this remarkable gift from nature.

Nothing compares to using whole, raw vanilla beans when you want real vanilla flavor!

Suggested use: Use in all your favorite raw creations, including chocolate drinks, smoothies and desserts. If you have a Vita Mix or other powerful blender, you can snip (with kitchen scissors) small pieces of the whole bean right into your blended creations (the beans, flavor and nutrition go further this way). Another way to use vanilla is to split the bean open lengthwise, scrape out the thousands of tiny black seeds and add them to your cuisine.

Contains three large 14-16cm vanilla beans.