A fresh shipment of vanilla pompona beans has come directly from the grower in Peru.
Full Article…Pompona Vanilla Pods Have Arrived!
Category: Vanilla Products
Tiny Isle Introduces New Honey Vanilla Macadamia Nut Butter
There’s a new flavor of macadamia nut butter out by Tiny Isle: Honey Vanilla. And of course, it features our own vanilla. This premium nut butter blends fresh toasted mac nut butter with a little honey and Vanillery of Kauai vanilla extract.
Full Article…Pompona Vanilla from Peru
A couple of months ago, I received an email from a a fellow vanilla grower in Peru named Ashley Britton. We have been exchanging knowledge and experiences since then, and it has expanded my thinking about what vanilla is and how it can be grown. Ashley is growing vanilla in the mountainous rain forest region of San Martín in Northern Peru. In that area, the vanilla orchid that is found growing wild is vanilla pompona, a species of vanilla that ranges from southern Mexico through northern South America. That represents roughly the same range as vanilla planifolia, the main species for agriculture, which we grow here on Kauai. San Martín is known for its orchids, and they are featured in the… (read)
Full Article…2019 Season Vanilla Beans are now Available
The beans we harvested late last winter have now cured and aged enough to be sold! There will only be limited quantities at first, as beans that were harvested later in the season are not done aging yet.
Full Article…The 2018 Vanilla Harvest is Ready for Sale
It’s finally time to start selling our 2018 vanilla harvest! I’m putting together the retail packages today and soon we’ll have them in the store to sell. I’m pretty excited about the vanilla we have to offer this year, it is without question the best quality vanilla we have ever produced. This year, we will be selling the beans two ways: First, for the best, largest, and most beautiful beans, in small priced-by-the-bean packages of 2. We’ll also be selling our grade A and grade B beans by the ounce, so even if there are a few smaller beans in there, you’ll know you’re getting all the vanilla you’re paying for. The quality is just excellent either way. If you’re… (read)
Full Article…Sorting the Cured Beans
As the beans complete their curing, they need to be inspected, sorted, and packaged for long-term storage. We’ve been doing this for 2 months now, and some of the earliest beans to go into storage are ready for sale or to be made into one of our vanilla products, such as extract or syrup. The beans are initially sorted into three groups: Grade A, Grade B and Extract. This is according to moisture content and appearance. They are then vacuum-packed and will be aged in that state for 1–6 months. This year’s harvest is our first big harvest and we’re not quite sure how it’s all going to get marketed. Of course there will be online retail sales, and perhaps a… (read)
Full Article…Hand-Cured Vanilla Beans and Extract from Kauaʻi
Today we’re rolling out our first products for sale! Over the years, we’ve sold these beans through friends, at local farmer’s markets and to local culinary professionals, and though we always intended to make our beans widely available, we always seemed to be too busy to make that happen. Well, now it’s time to offer our unique product to everyone on the internet. Our first offerings will be very simple: Grade A and Grade B whole vanilla beans and 2‑ounce bottles of our homemade Kauaʻi rum vanilla extract.
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