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It starts with a bean
Each seed pod bean came from the plant vinnilla orchid.
The bean takes a long time to dry in the sun for many months. -
Vanilla traveles to the United States
France used vanilla to make ice cream and other things like cake.
George Washington loved ice cream so much he special pots to keep it cold. -
The first vanilla lovers
Vanilla orchids grew wild in the rainforest of Mexico.
Aztec people of Mexico started using vanilla for flavor -
A tarp across the ocean
Hernan Cortes loved vanilla bean so much he brought back it to Spain -
Why vanilla coat so much
Because at one time it was hard to make and only had little of it.
Vanilla is one of the most poplar spices
