1 lb Award Winning Mexican Vanilla Beans

Description

Mexican vanilla beans are some of the most expensive in the world. These beans are 8 inches in length, with approx 100 beans in 1 pound. They have strong vanilla aromas with long glossy pods and rich chocolate tones. These vanilla pods come directly from Veracruz, Mexico. Vanilla is a gift of Veracruz, Mexico to the world. The Aztecs used vanilla: “tilxochitl” (black flower) to perfume a drink called “xocolatl” (chocolate), prepared with vanilla and cocoa for the first banquet offered to Hernan Cortes. Bernal Diaz del Castillo (historian of the events of the New Spain) asked with great interest to a “tlahuilli” (servant) what was the emperor and all the great personalities drinking with such delight. He informed him that this was the drink of the gods. He was so amazed by the exquisite flavor that he asked to see the fruits used to make it.  When shown the cocoa grains and the black vanilla beans he was overwhelmed by the incredible perfume of the brown beans known as “xanath” (vanilla flower) by the Totonacs in the millennial forests of the Totonacapan region that gave such fragrance to that drink. Thence, is born the interest and fame for Mexican vanilla the sacred plant, the best in the world for its fine and subtle aroma and the incomparable taste it lends to the products where it is used.