COLOMBIAN BLACK PEARL GOURMET VANILLA

In Colombia vanilla is grown by an Afro-Colombian community, on the Pacific Coast. The community grows the Planifolia vanilla under agroforestry systems and in the wild, integrating itself in a symbiotic relation with the surrounding nature.  

The vanilla orchid has a great presence in the amazonic jungles of Colombia, however it is rarely commercialy cultivated, despite it has a high market value and despite the south american country has the largest genetic base of vanilla varieties in the world. Colombia also has a successful program of reintroducing aromatic endemic vanilla varities into their exotic natural habitat, such as V. Pompona, V. Karen-Christianae, V. Cribbiana, V. Dreslery and V. Planifolia Jacks, among many other.

Crop: 2023 / 2024

Species: V. Planifolia Jacks

Origin: Colombia

Region: Pacific Coast

Altitude: 100 to 600 masl

Cultivation System: Agroforestry and Wild

Grade: Gourmet AS and AP

Size cm: 10 - 13 and 14 - 17

Production: 100 Kg

Pod average weight: 6 grs

Vanillin content:1.4% to 2.4%.

Moisture content: 25% to. 35%

Fragrance: Sweet, rich, syrupy, winy, floral and fruity.

Description: Cocoa dark brown, flexible, shiny and oily

Process: Grown on Cocoa trees, pollinated and harvested manually, hot water cured and sun-dried

Packaging: Vacuum in 500 grs and 1 Kg