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A familiar flavor with an orchid behind it.

Flowers of the vanilla orchid Vanilla planifolia.

Vanilla begins with the fruit of an orchid and develops through curing. Follow the cultivation and processing behind a flavor that can seem deceptively simple.

Source: Wikipedia

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Vanilla planifolia

Creator: Malcolm Manners from Lakeland FL, USA

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