Vanilla Beans

Vanilla beans are fruit of vanilla orchid that grows in tropical regions. It can only be cultivated in certain conditions and take time to harvest the fruits as there are processes it must go through, such as pollination. Pollination can only be done in certain time and in a short span of time. To make it more complicated, in the process of pollination, ancient sting less Melipona Beecheii bee is involved. Otherwise, hand pollination is done.

Once pollination is done, it can take up to 9 months before the beans are harvested. Vanilla can be used to make sweetening as it can substitute sugar as a flavoring in foods and liquid form of medicine. It is also used as a fragrance in perfumes.