date:Apr 05, 2012
Bad news for bakers, ice cream makers, confectionery wizards, and anyone else with a need to keep vanilla beans and extracts at the ready: it looks like were in for a vanilla crisis this year. Poor vanilla crops are leading to a shortage, according to reports, and hoarders are making the problem even worse.
Unlike the infamousNorway Butter Crisis of 2011, the current vanilla shortage of 2012 does not appear to be so self-contained. Vanilla is only grown in a few countries with the right climate