36B Planifolia Vanilla Givrée from Sulawesi, Indonesia
Natural Vanilla Planifolia Givrée
Origin: Indonesia
Terroir: Sulawesi
Harvest: 2024
Curing: Scalded and sun dried, frosted (crystallised)
Affinage: >12 months
DDM: 31.12.2029
The frosted Planifolia Vanilla (Givrée) from Sulawesi, with its spicy, bold and woody notes and delicate ripe fruits aromas, covered with 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.
Indicative pod length: 16–20 cm; as a natural product, pod length, width and individual weight may vary from pod to pod; the stated quantity corresponds to the exact number of pods in the lot sold; the exact net weight is stated separately when packed and invoiced. 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