Buying rare Costa Rican vanilla Beans made easy with Slofoodgroup
Long, supple, glossy, and notes of chocolate, raisin, dates and more these Pompona vanilla beans are sure to please. Three to four times the average size of most planifolia vanilla, Pompona is by far the largest player on the team. These vanilla beans, while quite rare and elusive, are not for everyone. Some people like just plain vanilla and that is fine by us but we support diversity. If you are looking for some vanilla beans besides what's on the shelfs of your local grocery stores, give these vanilla beans a try.
What is Pompona vanilla?
Pompona vanilla is actually the first type of vanilla ever documented by western explorers found in mostly Mexico at the time. Now it can be found in remote parts of South America such as Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, and even Florida. It has been grown commercially but died off years ago in favor of vanilla planifolia commonly from Madagascar as planifolia give better yields in plantation system. Pompona vanilla can be used in baked goods, vanilla extracts, perfumery and medicinal concoctions. If you are looking to try something new, give these all natural, ethically sourced vanilla gems a try. We guarantee you will love just as much as we do.
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I Can Not Wait!!
These beans are fantastic! They are extracting so nicely, and my double fold already looks like thick syrup after only a month. I can not wait to make some delightful desserts. Thank you for such a great product!
The most amazing beans
These beans I could not stop smelling. They were plump, moist and full of amazing smell. It made the most amazing extract and vanilla paste.
Much smaller than other Pompona beans
I was expecting larger beans based on prior purchases (elsewhere) but there was nothing wrong with the beans aside from size.
First time purchase
The beans are fabulous! Nice price and shipping was very quick
Poor handling of situation
My vanilla beans went to a different address, when I called customer service to explain that I needed these for Christmas baking, they continued to say, “we need to put a claim with USPS and have them taken from the people who wrongly received them and get them to you.” Alright. A week later, they arrive and are open. I’m not going to use a product that has been opened by someone else. There is still time, please send me a replacement. Nope, they said, we need to get the opened ones back first. What? Ok. I ordered from this company for a few years, but can’t rely on them anymore, which is a shame. Cannot recommend.
Slofoodgroup
Happy to address this issue. Our team offered to send an expedited replacement on December 11, 2022 as shown in the screen shot of emails below. You demanded a refund. While we regret the error of mis delivery by the carrier all efforts where made to listen and resolve the issue in a timely and professional manner. Your comments of and statements of the situation are completely untrue. Every step of the way, you chose to be combative rather than simply allow us to properly document the issue, make the proper notations and resolve the situation.