Vanilla beans

Posted on 23. Aug, 2010 by Lori Burnett in Blog, Travel

Freshly harvested vanilla beans laying out to dry. This photo was taken at a spice plantation in Munnar, Kerala in the south of India. Vanilla is one of over thirty varieties of spices being grown and cultivated there. Needless to say, we went home with samples of as many transportable items as possible, including several beans which are presently being infused in Absolut vodka, which will surely result in absolutely the best vanilla extract ever made!