Vanilla Beans

[keeganluvscake]

Just curious how your vanilla turned out .

[jeri]

Was just thinking about this the other day. LOVE the madagascar beans the vanilla smells and tastes so wonderful...The tahitian beans... not so crazy about how that is going. Seems to be a lighter vanilla color... not as much vanilla flavor. I need to add more beans to it.

[Amanda]

I forgot about mine! Ha!!! I need to get some more beans. My jars smell good, but a little weak.
oh crap!! I still have to get some bottles, too! I'm glad you posted this!

[LadyDZA]

My vanilla is SOOOOOOO good and such a beautiful color!! I only used the Madagascar Bourbon beans in the extract. I used the Tahitian beans in sugar to make vanilla sugar, and that's amazing too. My husband really likes it in his coffee or tea! I use it for homemade whipped cream.

[Ironbaker]

Love it! I used a mix of both, about 16 beans in 8oz. Great color and flavor. I recently made some vanilla bean cupcakes and used the extract and scraped a bean...awesome.

[keeganluvscake]

I think I'm going to jump on this bandwagon!

[jeri]

I made it for gifts... now I need to go buy another bottle of vodka and make more for me!!! i keep using it too!

[Amanda]

I ordered more beans and bottles today!! Here are the bottles that I got:
SKS Bottle & Packaging, Glass Bottles, Amber Glass Bottles, Glass Bottles, Amber Glass Oblong Flasks w/ Black PP Ribbed Closures & Tamper Evident Seal w/ Pourin

They aren't the fanciest or the biggest, but I liked that they came with the pouring insert. I'll have to make some labels now.

[LadyDZA]

Their bottles are really nice Amanda!! I got these from there: SKS Bottle & Packaging, Glass Bottles, Amber Glass Bottles, Glass Bottles, 4 oz Frosted Amber Glass Rounds w/ Lined Metal Caps and I was super happy with how nice they are!! I just got some Martha Stewart craft tags to hang around the necks of the bottles for Christmas gifts!

[jeri]

My bottles are like DZA's I got them from Specialty Bottle in Washington State. It was much cheaper to order on the West Coast for me. I just threw the beans into the half gallon of vodka that I bought and will pour into the bottles closer to Christmas. Easier this way! Only have to shake one bottle. I am going to use my cruicut machine to make tags for them and I have some label ideas too.