Confectioners worldwide have appreciated its distinctive flavor. It grows in South America and is the seed of the tonka bean tree. These distinctive trees in tropical forests can reach up to 98 ...
Tonka beans have an intense flavour that chefs and food manufacturers have enthusiastically embraced. There’s just one problem – it contains a chemical that could, in large enough doses ...
One that Vancouver diners can expect this year is the rise of the tonka bean. The flat, dark-brown, wrinkly South American beans are spicy and fruity, containing a complex flavour redolent of ...
The top notes are juicy pomelo and syrupy passion fruit, but grassy matcha and vanilla-esque tonka bean “cut through the sweetness, grounding it in nutty earthiness,” says Feeney. Also try Le ...