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a.k.a vanilla extract. Vanilla Liqueur. F ermentation Power Point By: Vincent Jodoin. How to Ferment Vanilla . Wait about 5-6 ,months before you take Vanilla beans off the plant. After you take them off the plant you need to grade them by their length.
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a.k.a vanilla extract Vanilla Liqueur Fermentation Power Point By: Vincent Jodoin
How to Ferment Vanilla • Wait about 5-6 ,months before you take Vanilla beans off the plant. • After you take them off the plant you need to grade them by their length. • Then you need to clean the beans. • Next you must put the beans in hot water according to the grade they were given. • Then they get put into a bamboo box at 50C for 38 hours so the color will come out and start imparting aroma. • That means that yeast fermentation is producing alcohol.
Bacteria: Bacillus The bacteria that is known for being the process of fermentation is Bacillus. It is also an aerobic bacteria.(Works in the presence of oxygen.)
Process of fermentation for Vanilla • Equation: C6H12O6 → CH3CHOHCOOH + C2H5OH + CO2
Fun Facts On Vanilla • The United States consumption of vanilla beans is approximately 1,200 tons per year! • A few drops of vanilla in a can of paint will help eliminate unpleasant odors! • What may be the first American recipe for vanilla ice cream, written in the same hand that penned the Declaration of Independence, is among Thomas Jefferson's papers at the Library of Congress
Cited Works • http://www.nielsenmassey.com/historyofvanilla.htm • http://textbookofbacteriology.net/Bacillus.html • http://www.varanashi.com/vanilla_processing.html