Events Tagged: "vanilla"

Totonac people of Mexico cultivate vanilla orchids - used to flavor chocolate drinks, considered sacred

Mexico maintains vanilla monopoly - only place where natural pollinators (Melipona bees) exist

12-year-old slave Edmond Albius discovers hand-pollination of vanilla - breaks Mexican monopoly, enables global cultivation

Synthetic vanillin first produced from pine bark - now 99% of vanilla flavoring is artificial