« We switched our entire ice-cream range to their Grade A beans. The value-for-money on 25 kg volumes is unbeatable. »
Olivier T.
MOF ice-cream maker, Marseille — since 2023
Issue No. XII
2025 — 2026 Harvest
Antalaha · Sambava · SAVA
Feature — Inside Mahomby
Vanilla,
shaped by
the SAVA region.
Words
Mahomby Export, Sambava
Photography
In-house studio · 2024 — 2026
Reading time
4 minutes
Eleven years sourcing, curing, sorting and shipping the finest Bourbon vanilla beans — directly from our partner families in Virembina and Nosy Be (Antalaha municipality) to pastry chefs, roasters and fine-dining restaurants.
N° I
Foreword
Raw material, not a commodity.
“Madagascar vanilla is not an ingredient: it is an encounter between a climate, human hands, and nine months of patience.”
Mahomby — “the one who succeeds” in Malagasy — was founded on a simple conviction: vanilla quality is decided long before harvest. In the choice of soil, the elevation of the vines, the exact window of hand pollination — eleven weeks, not one more.
We cultivate our own plots in Virembina and Nosy Be (Antalaha municipality) and work with thirty-five partner farming families along the same SAVA coastal strip. Every batch is traced to the village, sometimes down to the vine. This precision has a price; it also has a meaning.
N° II
Contents
Three chapters to understand the house.
SAVA, the craft, the result. Everything we do fits within these three movements.
Ch. 01
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The terroir
North-eastern coastal strip, humid tropical climate, volcanic soils. Why nothing grows quite like here.
Ch. 02
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The craft
Hand pollination, blanching, sweating, shade drying. Nine months between the flower and the cured bean.
Ch. 03
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The result
Grade A and Grade B beans, micronised powder, vanilla caviar. For chefs and industrial buyers.
N° III
Catalogue
Five formats, one standard.
From whole beans to processed formats, each reference ships with its origin sheet, curing date and vanillin content.
N° 001
Bourbon bean — Grade A
17 cm · 14 — 16 cm · bulk or display
2.4 %
on request
→
N° 002
Bourbon bean — Grade B
for extraction · 12 — 14 cm
2.0 %
on request
→
N° 003
Whole bean powder
micronised · 200 µm · pouches 50g — 1kg
1.8 %
€42 / 100g
→
N° 004
Vanilla caviar
pure extracted seeds · 100 g — 5 kg
~5 %
on quote
→
N° 005
B2B bulk — Grade A beans
sealed crates · 5 kg, 10 kg, 25 kg
2.4 %
quote
→
For professionals
Chefs, pastry chefs,
Chefs, pastry chefs,
industrial buyers.
A dedicated team, quotes within 48 hours, free samples for orders from five kilos. Quality documentation on request: microbiological analyses, certificates of origin, batch-by-batch traceability.
MOQ
5 kg
Quote
48 h
Samples
free
Shipping
DHL · MSC
N° IV
Journal
Recent notes.
Articles, recipes from our partner chefs, field notes from Sambava.
What they say
“The finest vanilla I have tasted in ten years.”
Margaux Le Coz
Pastry chef, ** restaurant in Lyon
« For our signature pralines, we tested six vanillas before switching to Mahomby. No regrets after three years. »
Joris V.
Chocolatier, Brussels — Mahomby client since 2022
« The team always replies within 48 h. No automated responses. It is rare, and it matters. »
Élise M.
Independent pastry chef, Paris 11th