Buying Vanilla Beans

[InspectorJon]

Vanilla beans are a pretty expensive ingredient. I have used them in a porter and a stout. I'm planning a milkshake IPA so have been scouring the inter webs looking for my best option. I settled on 10 extract grade B pods from Vanilla Bean Kings (an Amazon seller). I have no affiliation with this company, just a customer. They arrived today and I am pleased with the product. Nice plump, moist beans well packaged, $1.90/bean. I purchased something similar from Vanilla Products USA before (another large Amazon seller) for a little less ($1.50/bean) but the quality did not seem as good to me. I can recommend this product. I will make a tincture/extract out of all of them so they should stay pretty well preserved for some time to come.

Where do you find vanilla beans and what are your purchase recommendations?

 

[InspectorJon]

I thought I would give this a bump. I wonder where others get their vanilla beans.

 

[RPh_Guy]

Same as you. Last ones I got were from Vanilla Products USA in Amazon and they made a great extract.

 

[Jag75]

I got mine at Winco last , but I'm going to order from Amazon next time .