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In 1841, on the island of RΓ©union, a 12-year-old boy named Edmond Albius solved …

In 1841, on the island of RΓ©union, a 12-year-old boy named Edmond Albius solved a botanical mystery that had eluded experts for years, forever changing the future of flavor. French colonists had introduced vanilla orchids from Mexico, but the plants wouldn’t bear fruit. In Mexico, specific bees pollinated the flowers, but on RΓ©union, without those […]

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