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It starts with a bean
Each sead pod comes from a plant called the vanilla orchid. The bean has to dry in the sun for a long time to bring out the flavor. -
Why vanilla costs so much
Vanilla only grew in Mexico. Vanilla cost so much because it had to dry for many months and the flowers only grow once a year. -
Beyond ice cream
Vanilla can be used for many things candles, cookies, drinks, ect -
The first vanilla lovers
People thought of vanilla as medicine and treated snake bites. -
A trip across the ocean
When Cortes returned to Spain, he brought back many treasures from Mexico
