Organic bourbon vanilla pod 1 piece from LEBENSBAUM

We source our bourbon vanilla from Madagascar. The orchids grow there in the jungle. Small farmers take on the complex cultivation and often also the processing. To fertilize the orchid, a small membrane in front of the pistil of the flower is pierced with a needle. Then the stigma and anther are pressed together. Inexperienced hands despair. Experienced people can produce up to 1,200 flowers a day. Within six to eight months, each fertilized flower produces a green capsule up to 20 cm long, often referred to as a pod. Shortly before it begins to ripen and its color changes from green to yellow, the capsules are harvested individually by hand. The pods get their final brown-black color through a fermentation and drying process lasting several months.