A Mexican city that once perfumed the world pushes to revive vanilla yahoo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yahoo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Mexico was the world’s leading supplier of vanilla more than a century ago, before it lost its title. Those tied to Mexico’s vanilla industry are working to increase the spice’s local consumption and production.
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.
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.