MG Pearl Artisan Vanilla Shop pods
Grown in Uganda · Packed in the UK

Vanilla worth
waiting for.

Grade A bourbon vanilla pods, over 17cm long, plump and heavy with seed. Grown by family farmers in Uganda, hand-selected and packed in small batches.

A bundle of long Ugandan bourbon vanilla pods tied with twine
17cm+ Grade A length
  • 100% natural
  • Grade A, 17cm+
  • Family farmed
  • Small-batch UK packed
  • Secure Stripe checkout
Close-up of a split vanilla pod showing the seeds inside
Why our vanilla

Plump, aromatic,
and honestly grown.

Most supermarket vanilla is thin, dry and sold in twos. Ours is cured slowly on the farm until the pod is supple enough to wrap around your finger — that softness is the sign of oil, and oil is flavour.

Every batch is opened, smelled and sorted by hand before it is sealed. Anything short, split or dull goes back. What reaches you is the top of the harvest.

How to use them
The difference

Four things we will not compromise on

01

Length

Nothing under 17cm leaves our table. Longer pods hold more seed and more oil, so you use fewer of them.

02

Cure

Sun-cured and conditioned slowly, the traditional way. No forced drying, no shortcuts to get to market early.

03

Source

Bought directly from Ugandan family smallholdings at a fair price, agreed before the harvest — not after.

04

Packing

Sealed in the UK in small batches so the pod that arrives is as soft as the day it was graded.

The collection

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What you are supporting

Every pod carries a family's name.

Vanilla is one of the most labour-intensive crops on earth. Each flower is pollinated by hand, in a single morning, once a year. The people who do that work deserve to be paid properly for it.

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Fair pricing

Prices agreed with growers ahead of harvest, so a family knows what the season is worth before they plant.

Women in farming

Backing women who own and run their own vanilla plots, with priority on buying from them first.

School fees

A share of every order goes towards school costs for children in the growing communities.

Clean water

Supporting local water access projects so families are not walking miles before the working day starts.

From the kitchen

One pod goes a very long way

Split, scrape, and don't throw the husk away — it still has months of work left in it. We have written down everything we know about getting your money's worth.

Recipes & techniques

Ready when you are

Orders are packed and dispatched from the UK, usually the next working day.

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