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Markets have long since shifted and artificial vanilla is now the global norm. But in Papantla, a city in Veracruz state where the spice is still strongly tied to people's identity, scientists, chefs and farmers are actively pushing to reassert its profile.
Markets have long since shifted and artificial vanilla is now the global norm. But in Papantla, a city in Veracruz state where the spice is still strongly tied to people's identity, scientists, chefs and farmers are actively pushing to reassert its profile.
PAPANTLA, Mexico — Long gone are the days when heaps of green vanilla pods were drawn into town by mules and laid out on woven mats to dry in the
In Papantla, Mexico, once a major vanilla-producing city, the spice is still strongly tied to people's identity.
Without the discovery of hand-pollination by an enslaved boy 180 years ago, this beloved spice might never have thrived outside of Mexico.