How to store your vanilla beans?

How to store your vanilla beans?

How do you store your vanilla beans?

All you have to dois remove your vanilla beans from the airtight bags as soon as you receive them, to avoid any storage problems.

Here are the different ways you can store your beans, from a few weeks to several years.



1 - Several years' storage - Jar with a base of alcohol.

Place your vanilla pods vertically in a glass jar (recycled or "Le Parfait" jars) with a base of alcohol (rum, gin, vodka).
Only the ends of your pod should be in contact with the alcohol base, i.e. around 2 to 3cm high.
This way, your pods will keep for several months.
A dosage of 7cl per 10 vanilla beans is sufficient.
When all your vanilla beans have been used, you can flavour your recipes with the vanilla extract you have left.
Vanilla extract in the USA and the West Indies (Guadeloupe, Martinique) is based on beans left for several months in a white spirit, often 50°c rhum agricole.
The result is often exceptional, and the extraction of aromas very precise.

2 - Freeze your vanilla beans - months of conservation:

When food industry professionals buy several kilos of vanilla beans, they often use this technique. The advantage is that they can counter the high inflation of vanilla prices, avoid stock-outs and optimize margins by making economies of scale.
When I visit my many chocolate and ice cream customers, stocks are now kept in freezers at -20°c.
Some will tell you that purists don't do this because it stops the development of vanilla aromas.
Most of the aromas in your vanilla bean will be at their peak by the time you receive your order.
The long traditional maturing process, David Vanille's signature, allows you to discover vanillas with complex and singular notes.


3 - In a jar with as little air as possible - A few weeks

Ideal if you want to use your beans quickly, as they will lose moisture and eventually become dry. For this, don't hesitate to recycle your jam jars, asparagus jars, etc.
You can rehydrate your vanilla beans if they've become dry in your sauce, milk or a base of white spirit.


These techniques guarantee excellent conservation of your vanilla beans over time.


Any problems related to poor preservation on your part cannot be attributed to the quality of www.DavidVanille.com vanilla beans