Grade A Bourbon Vanilla Beans from Uganda

I ordered these beans for just one reason; to make extract. Ugandan beans have a higher compounds than any other tpye of vanilla beans. No I don't believe one is better than the other.These beans produce sooo much in such a little time!!! I can't wait to taste the end product.I must add thst I been making my own extract for 18 years. I spilt the beans lengthwise first and then cut them into 1/4" pieces to increase surface area. This is when chemistry comes into play. I asked them to heated in vodka; just below a boil. The heat acts as a catalyst to speed things along. Then lastly give things a shake once a day for one week then wait atleast three months before use.In the first pics you see what happens within 15 mins. The third pic that's in one hour, that last 8 hours later! To get that rich color nomally would take atleast a MONTH. High quality and will be buying more of these vanilla beans.

These smelled great even through the vacuum seal. They are very large and plump beans, perfectly fit These 8oz bottles I'm using to make extract. There was about 48 beans in my 8oz package

These are pretty good quality vanilla beans. They came vacuum sealed in plastic, and it was easy to tell how fresh they were. I cut off the tip of one of the beans and stuck it in my mouth to get familiar with the taste. It was a subtle vanilla flavor, smooth, and slightly sweet. I cut the beans up into smaller pieces with a small serrated knife to use in my herbal tea blends. For everyday use, these vanilla beans are perfectly tasty and fresh. I'm sure there are higher quality beans out there, but this is good for normal use. For very special recipes and occasions, perhaps you may want a more potent, expensive kind. But for me this is exactly what I was hoping for.

So, I normally order from someone else but decided to give these vanilla pods a try since they were more economical compared to others. They are listed as vanilla planifolia from Bourbon. They do seem to be planifolia, but they are actually from Uganda. The flavor/ smell is a bit different from Bourbon ones-- more of a smell similar to vanilla + chocolate. However, I chose to give them 5 stars regardless because the pods were excellent. They were moist (not the most moist I've ever bought, but suitably so), had fairly consistent width and length (approx. 3/8" wide by 6-7" long) and yielded 2T. seeds when all 10 were scraped. Excellent pods. Flavor was siluitable for my purposes but could be a problem for others, depending on why they are purchasing the pods. It would be better if the seller didn't label them "Bourbon" as they were not grown on the Bourbon Isle.

Beans were moist and smelled awesome!

In nobodies world are these beans grade A, but they are satisfactory for my needs.About 6 months ago, I bought 10 beans, and in 2 8 ounce amber glass bottles I placed 5 beans in each. I made a vanilla extract, and it turned out so well that I just had to do it again!!This time, I had a different game plan. The vanilla goes pretty quickly, so to combat this, I'm going to extract a larger quantity. I did the calculations, and if I buy 35 beans, that should be enough to fill an entire 64 ounce growler.I grabbed my favorite growler, ordered some size 6 rubber stoppers (because the growler caps don't work that great), and my favorite vodka (svedka, anything cheap really.)I split the vanilla beans down the middle (long-wise) using a sharp knife and then cut it in half short-wise. This gives me 4 pieces per bean. Add everything to the growler (it took 1 1/8 bottles of vodka to fill to the 64 oz line), and then let it stew for 2-4 weeks before use.Give it a shake every day, and before you know it, you'll have your own (relatively cheap) homemade vanilla extract.I love this stuff because it gives you the specks in vanilla frosting that you just don't get out of the imitation stuff.

Very plump nice beans

These beans where very nice but they took while for delivery,so if not in hurry to get them then worth the wait.