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Rating: 2 out of 5
either I got a bad batch unfortunately this can happen but the vanilla pods were dry almost brittle .. For a first purchase, I can't say that I am satisfied, rather disappointed!
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Response from DavidVanille.com – Spice Hunter
Hello Gilles, As I replied to you by email, my selections have a rare intensity thanks to a long aging. We can always do a simple demonstration. Take 1 kg of extraction vanilla (Papua extraction type or Bourbon Gold aged) and the same quality in development at 35% humidity (which is 50% fewer pods per kg but much larger because more humid). Ask your client for the best. The preference will always go for the extraction vanilla not yet fully aged. Should I sell a more humid vanilla to my clients, highlight a softer price per kg and offer it as black vanilla? Of course not. It is difficult to explain that a well-humid and large vanilla is not necessarily a guarantee of quality. Too often, vanillas sold as black vanillas are vanillas that lack aging with a humidity rate that decreases in a few days. Currently, the kg of vanilla is negotiated around $600-700. To guarantee you aged vanillas in the long term, David Vanilla will focus on purchasing extraction vanilla as in the photo. Extraction vanilla, pods much drier than black vanilla, an intense nose. Today, what was previously despised by the market is part of the noblest lots. Obviously, there are many more pods in a kilo of extraction vanilla than in a kilo of so-called black vanilla. This will allow me to maintain an attractive pod/price ratio for my loyal private and professional clients. The most important: the ratio of vanillin content to dry matter is much higher than that of black vanilla regardless of its origin. Vanilla pods thus offer a more pronounced and