Thursday, May 21, 2009

A LOOK AT VARITEY OF VANILLA EXTRACTS



Mexican vanilla is made from Vanilla planifolia plant collection home-grown to Mexico. It is a very smooth, creamy, peppery vanilla. It's especially fine in desserts made without heat or with a short cooking time. Dark chocolate, cream desserts, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, tribal foods, meat, all benefit from Mexican vanilla.

Bourbon vanilla is a standard term for Vanilla planifolia the vanilla most of us are familiar with as it's the most commonly used one. This is originated in Mexico, but cuttings were taken to other hot countries. French developed large plantations on Reunion, and then it’s known as the Bourbon, this is how the name Bourbon came into being. Although vanilla extract is high in alcohol content, it is not made from Bourbon whiskey.

Indonesian vanilla Depending on how Indonesian vanilla is cured and dried, it’s more similar to the Bourbon vanilla, or it can have very unique differences. Some growers harvest their beans too early and use short-term curing processes that give the vanilla a woodier and phenolic flavor. As the early harvest keeps the beans from fully developing their flavor report, it can be harsher and not as flavor one. But not all Indonesian vanilla is harvested too early; finest grade Indonesian vanilla is excellent.

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