It is first of all an emblematic vanilla, which owes its bourbon name to the planters of Reunion Island who introduced it in 1880 this variety on the Big Island.
The Vanilla is an orchid that lives in the tropics. It is the perfect vegetable spice that lives in harmony with its environment, nature.
The Vanilla is a very complex plant, which requires the respect of a process or a strict protocol in order to guarantee its biological cycle and that it can offer you an intense and long aroma in the mouth.
The orchid that produces the vanilla pod of Madagascar is a hermaphroditic plant, ie it contains both male and female sexes. But in the absence of a little bee that only exists in Mexico, you have to pollinate by hand. It requires a contact between the two sexes which are separated by a thin membrane. Do not forget the flower of flowers from 10:00 to 12:00. After the pollination the vanilla flower will die to give the fruit the famous vanilla bean of Madagascar. A vanilla flower thet gives a vanilla pod. After pollination, it takes 9 months for the fruit to become fully mature, in Madagascar the harvest is made between June and July after a decree of the Malagasy government. It then takes 3 months of preparation and 3000 to 4000 manipulations for each pod to guarantee and shape the best bourbon vanilla pods from Madagascar.
Our Madagascar Bourbon AOC vanilla pod in its Gourmet quality or extra for the Malagasy nomenclature is constant from year to year, it owes its balanced alliance and its perfume to the knowledge of the Malagasy planters.
Come discover and buy the vanilla pod of Madagascar AOC Bourbon Comptoir de Toamasina directly from a small Malagasy plantation. It will offer you a unique experience. You could discover our vanilla route in the show Thalassa on France 3 in 2014. This difficult route to get the best vanilla pod of Madagascar. We control each of our pods with care and precaution to guarantee you the best vanilla pod of Madagascar on the market. All our vanilla pods from Madagascar are bright, fleshy, shiny, mellow, black, very fragrant and not split. Our vanilla from Madagascar releases notes of chocolate and caramel that sublimate all of your pastries. The Comptoir de Toamasina offers one of the best vanilla in the world, from a small plantation in Madagascar.
With our partner plantation since our debut 2010, we offer you a cheap vanilla but of an exceptional quality. The Comptoir de Toamasina sells only the best vanilla beans from Madagascar. Come discover our Madagascar bourbon vanilla offers in its gourmet quality, you will find a high quality vanilla directly from the producer to the consumer. You can watch the road of our bourbon vanilla from Madagascar on our blog or via the excerpt from Thalassa's report.
