Madagascan bourbon vanilla beans are the most popular and sought-after vanilla variety due to their superior flavor and aromatic qualities. Our organic beans are harvested north west of the island. The green beans are hand-picked from the orchids of the genus vanilla flowers before they are fully ripe. The beans go through a curing process that can take up to 9 months to complete and includes blanching in boiling water, fermenting for several days and drying for weeks under the sun to evolve into brown, fragrant pods. When cured, the vanilla beans go through the solvent extraction process of steeping chopped, cured vanilla beans in alcohol and then distilling off a majority of the spirit. Sustainably grown and harvested.