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LAFAZA Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla

What is Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla?

Commonly considered the most desirable variety of vanilla, Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Beans are grown on the lush tropical island of Madagascar and feature a flavor and aroma that will truly tantalize your taste buds. Cutting open a fresh Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Bean Pod for the first time is a personal experience that we'd hate to spoil with lackluster descriptions of aromas and flavors. But if we had to... we'd tell you that we fell in love with the rich and creamy flavor of Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla. It's sweet but soft scent is sure to leave you looking for ways to include pure vanilla in your baking and cooking.

Whether baking a batch of cookies or adding some extra sweetness to your coffee, Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla is the perfect all-purpose vanilla variety that will take your culinary creations to the next level.

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Vanilla Beans

LAFAZA Vanilla Beans are fragrant and full of seeds, with deep black coloration and moist, flexible pods. These beans are the foundation for each vanilla product that LAFAZA produces. Madagascar Ground Vanilla, Vanilla Extract & Vanilla Paste, all beginning with agroforestry-grown vanilla pods and under the uncompromised eye and traditional practices of the local smallholder farmers of Madagascar.

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Vanilla Paste

LAFAZA's Pure Madagascar Vanilla Paste is made using our Organic Pure Bourbon Vanilla Extract and Organic Pure Ground Vanilla. We use a slow extraction process that brings out the robust flavors and the rich aroma of our smallholder-produced forest-grown Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Beans.

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Ground Vanilla

LAFAZA Ground Vanilla begins with sun-cured Madagascar Vanilla Beans dried to remove nearly all moisture before being ground to a fine powder and sealed in an airtight container - locking in their delicious flavor - Nothing added, nothing lost!

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Vanilla Extract

LAFAZA Vanilla Extract is crafted from our signature blend of the highest-quality, organic-certified vanilla grown by Malagasy smallholder producers. This pantry staple highlights the smooth, bold, and deep flavor notes of our forest-grown Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Beans.

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Shopping For Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla?

It's essential to watch for the quality of the Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla and its origin while shopping. You wouldn't want to support farming and business practices that don't align with your values. We recommend our friends and family (when they can't get to LAFAZA products) look for products that are 100% pure, have no additives or preservatives, and come from a sustainable source that you trust to treat the farmers and local community as partners, not profit centers. LAFAZA offers both conventionally grown Non-GMO Project Verified, and USDA Organic certified varieties in all vanilla formats. You can rest assured that each product's creation follows our unique Farmers, Forests, and Flavors value system, putting People, Planet, and Prosperity at the center of all we do.