6 Award Winning Mexican Vanilla Beans

by Arizona Vanilla

Product Features

• Fresh Gourmet Mexican vanilla beans

Product Description

Wonderfully aromatic and flavorful vanilla beans from the Papantla region of Mexico!

Product Details

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• ASIN: B000CPYVGM
• UPC: 859367001386
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32,405 in Grocery & Gourmet Food (See Top 100 in Grocery & Gourmet Food)
  • #43 in Grocery & Gourmet Food > Herbs, Spices & Seasonings > Single Herbs & Spices > Vanilla Beans

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE Best Place To Buy Vanilla Beans!!!!!!!!!, June 12, 2009

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Sandra Wood "morda02" (Prague, OK USA) - See all my reviews
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This is my second purchase from Arizona Vanilla and I am very pleased with the vanilla beans that I have ordered from them. The beans are very fresh & fragrant, and make the best vanilla extract-I'm on my second batch because I just had to share with my friends-and the shipping speed is incredible! I shop exclusively at Arizona Vanilla now, and I've passed along their website addy to all my friends who are interested. Arizona Vanilla is truly the best in the West!!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mexican Vanilla Beans Live Up to Their Reputation, November 7, 2011

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Lynne E. (California) - See all my reviews
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Whole vanilla beans come in three "flavors": Mexican, Tahitian, and Bourbon-Madagascar. Because Mexican beans are reputed to have the boldest, best vanilla flavor, I had to try some in my favorite "speckled vanilla" ice cream recipe. Usually I make this recipe with the more common Bourbon-Madagascar beans.

The Mexican beans did not disappoint: they produced an especially delicious, full-flavored vanilla ice cream. In the future, Mexican vanilla beans will always be my first choice for making plain vanilla ice cream.

The Mexican vanilla beans that I purchased from Arizona Vanilla were plump, moist, and beautiful. Although they were a little more expensive than Bourbon-Madagascar beans, they were still far less expensive than the whole vanilla beans sold in spice jars in grocery stores. The Mexican beans were a little shorter and smaller than the Bourbon-Madagascar beans that I purchased from a different seller, but this is probably a characteristic of the different plant types.

If you're looking for a great book of ice cream recipes, consider The Best Ice Cream Maker Cookbook Ever, which includes the "speckled vanilla" recipe. (The "speckles" are the tiny vanilla seeds that you scrape out of the whole vanilla bean pods.) If you're looking for slightly less expensive whole vanilla beans, consider Premium Bourbon-Madagascar Vanilla Beans - 7 beans.

3.0 out of 5 stars Didn't seem very fresh., October 25, 2011

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T. Robison - See all my reviews
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These beans were not plump and soft and poignant, like the other beans we ordered from a different seller. They were quite expensive, considering their quality. That being said, it is harder to find Mexican Vanilla beans--the other buyer we bought Madagascar beans from doesn't sell Mexican vanilla beans at all. I'm sure our Mexican Vanilla is still going to turn out well. I was just spoiled with the other beans, I guess.