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Indonesian Vanilla

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Indonesian vanilla covers planifolia (and some tahitensis-type in Papua) cured across Indonesian islands—historically a major volume origin with variable quality from smoky, woody beans to cleaner gourmet lots. Traditional curing sometimes used different sweating and drying rhythms than Madagascar, yielding distinct aromatic fingerprints. Price often sits below top Bourbon grades for bulk industrial extract. Useful for commercial extracts, blended vanilla flavours, and recipes where a woodier note complements coffee and spice cakes. Seek carefully graded Indonesian gourmet beans if using whole pods in fine pastry—bulk industrial lots can taste harsh. Origin diversity within the archipelago means “Indonesian” is a wide umbrella.