Drying the beans in the rack

Vanilla Beans Cultivation

Vanilla Beans Plantation

PT. Indo Spices works with growers and regularly visit them at their plantation.

Vanilla Beans Gourmet

The beans are ready to ship from the curing station to the warehouse in Jakarta for size grading and packing.

Green Vanilla Beans

Curing process

Curing station

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PT. Indo Spices operates curing process at its proprietary 100m x 100m Curing Station in Balige, North Sumatra, Indonesia. The beans are laid out on the table with a direct expose to the sun, covering the beans using a blanket at 1-2 pm to allow the flavor develop and bring them back into the warehouse in a wrapped blanket. This sun curing practice happens for 10-14 days depending on the weather condition. When the moisture content reduces to 35%, the beans are put on the racks for drying for about 2-3 weeks with detail attention on each day to prevent molds.