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Organic Vanilla Beans From The Congo

Description Price Quantity
Organic Congo Vanilla Beans - 1 Vanilla Pod £2.24
Organic Congo Vanilla Beans - 2 Vanilla Pods £3.75 Out of stock
Organic Vanilla Beans From The Congo

Steenbergs vanilla from the Congo is a great variation upon the rich flavours of classic Madagascan vanilla.  I - that’s me Axel Steenberg - have sourced this wonderful organic vanilla from the Democratic Republic of Congo from the foothills of the Ruwenzori Mountains in the Virunga National Park and near Lake Edouard, which is one of the two strongholds for the rare mountain gorilla (the other is Bwindi Inpenetrable Forest in Uganda). 


I came across them whilst reading Tim Butcher’s book  (Blood River – A Journey To Africa’s Broken Heart) about following in the footsteps of Stanley down the River Congo, like a latter day Kurtz, dodging the insurgents on the back of a motorbike or travelling down the lazy, languid Congo River on a pirogue; hence finding them was really poignant. 


These Congolese organic vanilla pods have a different character to those from Madagascar and will be in short supply as getting them is really, really hard – these organic vanilla beans have a rawer, earthier flavour, full of chocolatey aromas but also an underlying sweet leathery intensity. See our blog for more information.

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