Papua New Guinea Tahitian Extract Grade Vanilla Beans in Decorative Gift Packaging

Retail Packages for Your Store

These retail packages of DIY vanilla extract are beautifully packaged for gift giving, making a great addition to specialty stores, gourmet food stores, and pop-up events. 

We offer retail stands at no charge when you purchase your first pack of 6. 

The package makes a thoughtful gift for birthdays, is the perfect addition to gift baskets, and is a welcomed gift for the winter holiday season.

The reverse side of the package has detailed instructions explaining how to cut and prepare the vanilla beans for making pure vanilla extract at home.

The vanilla beans are whole, extract grade, and are produced explicitly for making vanilla extract. Extract grade vanilla has an extended curing and drying process which concentrates & locks in the vanilla flavor. The flavor and aromas are released when exposed to alcohol.

Packages come in ½ ounce size. 

½ Ounce of Vanilla Beans Use 5 Ounces of Alcohol: Add 5 ounces of an inexpensive vodka, rum, flavored rum, brandy, or non-alcoholic vanilla extract use food-grade glycerin to the entire ½-ounce contents of vanilla beans.

How It's Done: Preparation is simple. Just slice and scrape the vanilla bean, and add to a wide-mouth canning jar or jam jar. Then add your alcohol or glycerin—complete instructions are on the reverse of the package.

Making Vanilla Extract — Read the article

Origin: Papua New Guinea
Species: Tahitian
Harvest: 2021
Vanillin Rate: About .7% – .9%
Size: 12-15mm
Moisture Rate: 24%-28%

Tahitian Variety Flavor Profile

Tahitian vanilla beans are spicy with notes of fig, cherry & anise with an overall smooth flavor. The flavor pairs well with the heavier flavors of chocolates & caramel.

Packaged in Ambient-Air — Never Vacuum Packed 

We package our vanilla in ambient air packaging.

In a technical article by Daphna Havkin-Frenkel, Ph.D.; MBA she explains the negative effects of vacuum packaging vanilla and why we should not utilize that method. 

Vacuum packaging vanilla beans can create an environment for anaerobic bacteria to grow. The benefit of keeping vanilla beans in ambient air packaging is that vanilla will continue to cure and develop flavor. We know of a vanilla bean seller in California with 10-year-old vanilla beans that they continue to cure like a fine aged wine.