Aug 7, 2018 | Cook's Blog
Vanilla Prices Are Falling, Finally. Question is How Far and How Fast. We are just back from Madagascar’s opening of the 2018 vanilla bean harvest, known as the “green campaign,” when farmers bring their green vanilla beans to village markets. This year’s crop is...
Jul 27, 2018 | Cook's Blog
Pure vanilla buyer beware. Extremely high prices for vanilla beans — still ranging well above $525 a kilo — mean that the price of the pure vanilla extract made from these beans is also going to be quite expensive. That fact is inescapable. Vanilla users...
May 12, 2018 | Cook's Blog
Vanilla bean prices remain at record highs, but we are detecting signs of market softening as we head into the 2018 /19 vanilla season. The “green campaign” — when buyers flock to the Madagascar bush to buy harvested vanilla beans — officially opens...
Apr 10, 2018 | Cook's Blog
The Mexican Vanilla Market: A Silver Lining? The bean that conquered the world’s palate is flourishing again in its native land, Mexico. If there is any silver lining in the crisis rocking the vanilla market, it’s the revival of Mexican vanilla, now...
Mar 9, 2018 | Cook's Blog
“My customers are my best friends.” Our Dad, owner of Cook’s and our sister company R. R. Lochhead Mfgr. Co., died Mar. 3 with Emilie, his wife of 72 years, and his family at his side. Ray Lochhead was an extraordinary man. He created all that we are. We will...
Dec 11, 2017 | Cook's Blog
The birthplace of vanilla, Mexico produces some of the world’s finest vanilla beans. But there is often a lot of confusion about Mexican vanilla extracts. Let’s untangle them. All vanilla beans derive their quality not from the region where they are grown, but from...
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