During the 18th century, a slave found that if he was putting together the branches of a special orchidea, there was no flower but the plant was developping this brown long fruit, which became vanilla.
At this time , La Reunion was still called Ile Bourbon, from the name of the royal family of France.
Today you can still find there the real big, strong vanilla. The best taste for connaisseurs!
Vanilla Bourbon
