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Premium Bourbon-Madagascar Vanilla Beans - 16 beansx$14.95
 (22 reviews)
Best Price: $14.95
As an essential ingredient for making crème brûlée, vanilla ice cream, and many other dishes, nothing beats a quality vanilla bean. Some recipes call for splitting the bean and using only the tiny black vanilla seeds contained in the bean. Place used and dried vanilla beans in a few cupfuls of sugar. After a few days, you will have delicious vanilla sugar to use in your cookie and cake recipes.
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Customer Reviews
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superior products, superior service
By A1DJ9FOEOA0WF1 on 2008-02-13
If I could have given this merchant more than five stars, I would have done so. I ordered three items through the Amazon.com site, which was a very unclear, screwy site that did not become clear to me until I had already entered THREE separate items.
When I realized I was going to be charged for three separate deliveries of these three small items, I could find no way on this screwed up-software site at Amazon to make the change. I resigned myself to paying the extra shipping charges for the mistake I made in not being able to indicate that all three items should go into a single, small package to a single address.
At that point I determined never to order grocery items from Amazon again until their site instructions were made clear BEFORE an order is placed rather than AFTER.
But at 9:00 a.m. the next morning the PRESIDENT of JR Mushrooms & Specialties phoned me and asked if I did really want the three items shipped separately to my address. I told him I had tried to correct the problem on the Amazon site and was unable to do so. The president, Mr. Rusnak, immediately had the extra shipping charges deleted from my credit card.
I had placed the order on Sunday, Feb. 10, and all three items were delivered via USPS this morning, Wed. Feb. 13, in one, single package. Without a doubt, this is a company from which I intend to order many items in the future. In addition, all three items are of superior quality. I had ordered pure cinnamon oil and pure vanilla oil along with the vanilla beans. Thank you Mr. Rusnak. Please stay in business for a long, long time with the same superior quality products and SUPERIOR service.
Vanilla Beans
By A1H8S29BM1ORC1 on 2007-09-02
The product is excellent and so fragrant. I have already used half of what I purchsed by making ice cream and cookies. They are so fresh when you receive them and they make everything in which they are used taste wonderful.
Freshness!
By A28SIFKY1M8QJ3 on 2007-02-22
Received my vanilla beans very quickly. They arrived fresh, sealed well and exactly as we'd hoped.
Fresh vanilla-mmmmmm
By ASFJUWKRT16VF on 2007-12-21
I had never used fresh vanilla beans, but wanted to try my hand at making vanilla extract. Vanilla beans are EXPENSIVE in the spice aisle of my local grocery store. I did find them in the fresh veggie section, but even those were $3.99 for 2 and I needed at least 16 for the extract. I decided to see what I could find online. This store (JR Mushrooms & Specialties, Inc.) has great reviews and the price of the beans was reasonable. The beans arrived quickly and I was impressed with the quality - plump, NOT dry and the smell was heavenly.
I made a coconut cream pie for Thanksgiving dessert and decided "What the heck. Let's give cooking with the fresh beans a try." In addition to the vanilla extract called for in the recipe, I split a vanilla bean and scraped the seeds into the mixture. OMG! I have never tasted coconut cream pie this good. The only difference was the addition of the fresh vanilla. My BIL called the next day to rave about the pie AGAIN.
I dropped the rest of the cut pod into a bottle of vodka (I'm using Tito's Handmade Vodka) and have continued to add pods as I use them in cooking. The extract isn't ready (it hasn't even been 1 month since I started it), but the smell is wonderful and the taste is well on the way to perfection. I'll definitely be buying fresh beans to use in my baking from now on.
Deliciously Vanilla!
By A3PC6C33L07KHA on 2006-11-27
WOW!!!! I just got my vanilla beans this morning and they're the most sweetly fragrant vanilla that I've ever experienced. I WILL be shopping from J.R. in the future and I've recommended them to others in my office.
- Second Purchase - these are great! Awesome seller - shipped free - Thanks again!
By A38GWHI2M93YMB on 2007-10-27
This is my second purchase of these vanilla beans - I ordered 16 the first time & went for 1/2 pound the second time around. I made my own vanilla extract - amazing! I'll never buy already made extract again. (I used to get the expensive stuff too!) I'm also giving my extract away as Christmas gifts this year. I think I'll try the Creme Brule recipe with some of this batch. Thanks again, JR Mushrooms!
- Excellent Vanilla Beans
By A2PGHPC85ZS5IJ on 2006-12-31
I loved the vanilla beans sent by JR Mushrooms. They price was great and the quality was equal to more expensive beans.
- Vanilla beans become affordable
By A34EZDCE3SK8CN on 2007-09-12
Hard to see much difference between a supermarket bottle at $10 per vanilla bean and these for less than a dollar per. Makes it practical to drop one or two beans in making a cannister of ice cream.
- vanilla beans
By APP5MN77H2YZB on 2007-12-01
the beans are good and i am in production of real vanilla extract using the best fire water 151 proof everclear. good stuff!!!!!!
- Vanilla Beans
By A3UGTQD7MLVUCL on 2007-10-02
Great vanilla beans at a great price. I was paying $8.00 per bean at the supermarket.
- JRMushrooms - Vanilla Beans
By A2HKVSU1CLQC9W on 2007-11-08
I ordered several packages of vanilla beans for myself and my sister. We both are very impressed with them and what a deal. We're both starting new batches of vanilla. Also, we received them very promptly. Thanks!
- EXTREMELY PLUMP & FRAGRANT beans ...every pastry chefs dream!!
By A38DMC7A4C7WLG on 2008-02-26
Package arrived in a matter of 3 days after ordering them. WOW! I smelled them through the package and couldnt wait to whip up some creme brulee or pastry cream. The beans were extremely plump and moist.
UNFORTUNATELY, someone must have thrown my beans out not knowing how precious these little gems were. I was devastated. I am about to go re-order some more right now. I will keep a close eye on this batch!!
- Great Vanilla Beans
By A3IPG5D0DFA3N3 on 2008-02-27
My daughter asked me to make her more vanilla extract for next Christmas. I ordered these beans on the weekend and they arrived early the following week. I could smell the beans through the mailer even though they were in a plastic zip bag. These beans were very plump, fragrant and blemish free. I am mixing these beans with Tahitian vanilla beans (a little more mellow) for a unique flavor. My extract will sit and "work its magic" for 11 months, so by Christmas it will be wonderful. Will definitely order from this company again. Many more beans for my money--making my extract even stronger.
- Great product
By ATJRI0DQPAYXL on 2008-05-21
As with the extract, great product of high quality and arrived in less than a week. I will be ordering from them again.
- Great product and delivery time
By A2XJTUD2TFBKLI on 2008-06-04
Very fast delivery turn around time and the beans arrived fresh. I will use this supplier again.
- Aromatic and wonderful.
By AYFFTBN9FBESS on 2008-06-17
I love making Apple Tarte Tatin and these beans are so fresh and wionderful and a great buy...
- very good beans!
By AQZWNBJTJUAY7 on 2008-06-19
each bean is nice and plump, very good smell and flavor... and fast shipping! i'm always going to keep these beans in stock now. never paying $10 for one skinny bean at safeway again..
- Premuim Bourbon Madagasca Vanilla Beans
By AJT4I6QY0V7GK on 2008-07-18
Received product in 3 days of ordering. The beans were carefully packaged and wrapped. I could smell the rich vanilla aroma even through the packaging. I used the beans to make vanilla ice cream and it was a big hit with the family.
- I'm so Impressed!
By A3EXA87SALI07K on 2008-08-01
Wow ... I still balk at ordering online, but this was impressive. First off, the price can't be beat .. at least at my local stores. Their communication got an A+ from me. Then, when I got my order less than 3 days after ordering ... well, wow!
And I do so love fresh vanilla beans and these are the best. Soft and bendable (= fresh), fragrant beyond compare - just lovely!
- Wonderful Quality
By AT50KK2S2N5DF on 2008-08-30
So far everything I have purchased from this company has been an outstanding value. Supermarket Vanilla Beans are far too expensive for just a few bent dried beans in a small jar to use in my kitchen frequently without a tinge of feeling like I've been had. So many recipes and so few beans. Not so with J&R products: Generous amounts at a value price with fresh products of excellent quality. Shipping is prompt.These beans are long and fresh and full of moist vanilla seeds. I place the scraped husks in a jar of sugar to flavor it for other casual recipes like Cinnamon sugar on toast for the kids or flavoring coffee. What else could one ask for? Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream (without breaking the bank) anyone?
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| Product Features |
- Genuine Madagascar vanilla beans
- Highest quality
- The best créme brûlée ever recipe enclosed
- Sixteen plump moist beans
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