SONIA GHIGGIOLI 

My hand pollinated, hand harvested and traditionally cured organically grown vanilla bean pods are ready for sale. I posted a picture on facebook a couple of nights ago and there was overwhelming interest, so much so that they have almost all been sold. I do have 6 single pods in a glass test tube left at $12.95 each, and 2 pods in the one test tube at $23.95. Due to the long process of growing the vanilla beans and the artisan nature of curing them, the quality is high. The

I am so very excited to announce the release of my small batch aged vanilla extract. I am proud of the aroma and flavour of this unique artisan product, due to the twelve month ageing process. At the Discovery Coast in Queensland the organically grown vanilla flowers were hand pollinated in October and November of 2016, hand harvested in August 2017, the pods were traditionally cured for a couple of months then steeped for over a year to form this rich, flavoursome quality ex

Nearly everyone you talk to knows the distinct aroma of vanilla. It is in their icecream, their perfume, their baked goods, chocolate, medicine and is sometimes said to be a strong aphrodisiac. With all these uses it is strange to think most people do not know much about how it is grown, and that extreme weather events can have a detrimental affect on supply, which sees prices jump in this global commodity. Vanilla is a natural agricultural product, but an artificial replica