Free Vanilla Extract Calculator - How Many Beans Do You Need?

Free Vanilla Extract Calculator - How Many Beans Do You Need?

Vanilla Extract Calculator

Calculate how many vanilla beans you need to make pure vanilla extract based on how much alcohol you want to use.

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Select Unit of Measure of alcohol:
Tip: 8 oz is a common starting size.
OZ
— VanillaPura Pro
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Commentaires

Just started my first batch of sous vide extract. 11 oz. of vanilla beans and 1750 ml‘s of vodka. Going to run for four days at 124°. Fingers crossed.

— Bob

Hi Tammy! Welcome to the world of vanilla! That is such a brilliant question, and we have a lot of different vanilla beans to choose from! You could start by taking our “Vanilla Extract Making Quiz”, this hopefully provide some good vanilla suggestions. The quiz can be found here

https://www.vanillapura.com/blogs/vanilla-extract-making-101/vanilla-extract-making-quiz-what-bean-spirit-combination-is-right-for-you

Let us know if you have any other questions :-)

— VanillaPura Pro

how do you pick which vanilla beans to buy. I am a beginner and always buy vanilla down in Mexico for cheap and love it.
I would like to start making my own.
Tammy

— Tammy

Hi Mary! If you’d like to make 1/2 strength vanilla extract then simply 1/2 the weight of vanilla that the calculator calculates. We wouldn’t recommend 1/2 fold though as the vanilla flavor might not be prominent enough. Hopefully this answers your question but let us know if we can help in any other way :-)

— VanillaPura Pro

How do I calculate 1/2 fold?

— Mary Welch

Hi Linda! Vanilla Beans vary a lot in size so we prefer to weigh our beans to make sure we have the right amount. We recommend 1 oz of beans for every 8oz of alcohol. So for 5oz of alcohol you would need 0.6oz of beans for a single fold extract. For double fold extract you would need 1.2oz. Hope this helps, but let us know if you have any other questions :-)

— VanillaPura Pro

How many vanilla sticks per 5 ounce bottles with Tito‘s

— Linda

I’m super excited to try these vanilla beans as I am a new creator of exquisite vanilla, which will be age 12 to 18 months!

— Bettina

My first extract experience!

— Denise Rook

Welcome Loraine! It’s going to be fun! Let us know if we can help along the way. Happy Extracting!

— VanillaPura Pro

I’m excited to get started with my vanilla extract for next Christmas.

— Loraine Palmer

Hi Susan! Great point, you can absolutely still go with the general rule of 1oz of beans to 8oz of alcohol, this tool is just helpful for those times when you have more or less alcohol or want to try making a double fold extract, or if you want to check your calculations!

— VanillaPura Pro

What happened the the “rule” of 1oz beans to 8oz alcohol?? Why the change?

— Susan

This is such a great tool for novice vanilla extract makers! It completely takes the guess work or calculator gymnastics out of the equation!

— Barb Spero

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