India

Website: http://www.silvercloudestates.com/
Vanilla beans reviewed: 8oz (250g) planifolia from India
Cost: Silver Cloud Estates provided this sample for review.

Silver Cloud Estates’ vanilla beans are grown and cured on the same farm, a real rarity in the vanilla industry. This is definitely vanilla with a sense of place — all the beans are grown on the estate in the Blue Mountains of Southern India.

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Website: http://www.orchidsasia.com…
Vanilla beans reviewed: NONE
Cost: orchidsasia.com has offered to send beans for review. I’ve lost contact with JAGS.

Orchids Asia is the only place I’ve found to buy vanilla from India. I’m extremely excited to bring you pictures and a review of these exotic vanilla beans — I’ve not seen anywhere else to buy them. The minimum order is a bit large, but perhaps these beans will be available from resellers in the future.

Jags at orchidsasia.com has offered to send samples of the latest crop for the review. I’ll add photos as soon as I get the sample. Be sure and check out the Jags’ info on growing and curing vanilla.