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Macro of the velvety skin grain and reddish color of a Bahiana vanilla.
Bahiana vanilla bean from Brazil, tasting notes: dried chili, blue cheese, floral, minty.
Paul Galand with the grower, a bundle of vanilla in hand: Bahiana vanilla from Brazil selected directly.
Preparation of Bahiana vanilla from Brazil: scalded, sun-dried, cured.
Bahiana vanilla beans from Brazil, ideal for pastry creams and chocolate desserts.
Bahiana vanilla from Brazil by Galand Vanille, the quintessence of matte red.
Close-up of the vanilla pearls in a red-fleshed Bahiana bean.
Open heart of a Bahiana vanilla revealing a caviar of seeds on reddish flesh.

Vanilla bahiana from Brazil

V. bahiana — Vintage 2024/2025 ★★★★★ 5.0 2 verified reviews
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Vintage2024/2025
TerroirCerrado
Curing9 months / scalded > sun-dried
Moisture30 %
Notesdried chili, floral, walnut, blue cheese, maple syrup
Ideal forChocolate making, intense pastry, bold pairings

The Bahiana Vanilla from Brazil is one of the most aromatic vanillas you can come across. A wild variety among the rarest in the world, it stands out for its richness in essential oils and for its beans, often naturally split, a sign of a late harvest at full maturity. Its profile reveals notes of dried chili, blue cheese, woody and floral nuances and an almost minty sensation, lifted by sweet notes reminiscent of muscovado sugar and walnut. Particularly rich in caviar, it brings remarkable intensity to pastry creams and chocolate desserts.
A word from Paul

“Bahiana is a vanilla in a class of its own. It’s probably the one with the most caviar and one of the most unusual aromatic profiles I have come across. You find incredible notes: blue cheese, wood, muscovado sugar, walnut… Originally, this vanilla was simply gathered in the wild by a passionate grower who collected different species for his personal collection. By working with him and buying these beans for my own collection, we began to structure production. Today he cultivates a small quantity, which yields about one kilogram a year.”

Paul Galand
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The guide to this vanilla

Bahiana vanilla from Brazil: an extraordinary aromatic profile

Bahiana from Brazil is one of the most aromatic vanillas. Its richness in essential oils gives it exceptional flavor power.

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Dried chili, blue cheese and woody notes

On opening: dried chili, blue cheese, woody and floral accents, an almost minty sensation. On the palate, muscovado sugar and walnut.

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One of the vanillas richest in caviar

Particularly rich in caviar, probably one of the most generous. Remarkable intensity in pastry creams and chocolate desserts.

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An extremely rare selection (about one kilo a year)

A wild variety among the rarest, about one kilogram a year. Beans often naturally split (late harvest). At maturity, a red-ochre essential oil.

How to use it

  1. Split and scrape: one of the richest in caviar.
  2. In pastry cream and chocolate desserts (cold infusion for 24 to 48 h for finesse).
  3. As an infusion, to reveal its complexity.

Storage

A rich, concentrated bean: keep it in an airtight glass tube, away from light. Split beans are normal.

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Frequently asked questions

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Thanks to its wild character and richness in oils: dried chili, blue cheese, wood, muscovado.

Yes, probably one of the most generous in seeds.

It is a wild variety with very limited production, around one kilo a year.

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At Galand Vanille, there is no such thing as a “lesser vintage”. Every vanilla bean is the result of the passionate work of growers from around the world. We keep only the most remarkable beans, rich in flavor. Paul Galand then tastes every batch to guarantee exceptional vanilla.

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We cut out the middlemen to guarantee two things: full traceability for you, and fair pay for the grower. Our partners grow vanilla in harmony with natural cycles, without chemicals, for absolute aromatic purity.

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