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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Free Vanilla Extract Calculator - How Many Beans Do You Need?
Let customers speak for us
As with all of the different types of VinallaPura provides
As with all of the different types of VinallaPura provides, I haven't found a type of Vanilla that I don't like. So many different varieties and flavors.
Sharon Molnar
Sumatra Indonesian Vanilla Beans - Grade A for Extract & Baking
The group group pick out different Vanilla beans. We won't know what beans will be in, always great
I love the YUM blend! It is made up from the people in the group. We each pick vanilla beans and the owers of the group decide what goes in the blend. We don't know what vanilla beans are in it. Makes a great extract. A once a year unknown extract, they always come out great
Sharon Molnar
YUM! Blend - 2026 - Group Buy - Vanilla Bean Assortment For Vanilla Extract Making & Baking
Love my July Orchid necklace!! Have wanted it since VanillaPura first introduced them
Love my July Orchid necklace!! Have wanted it since VanillaPura first introduced them. Thank you so very much!!!
Sandy Atteberry
July Birth Vanilla Orchid Necklace - V. Planifolia
Yum!! Kudos to VanillaPura!
Yum!! I wasn't expecting such an aroma from one bag of beans...but kudos to VanillaPura!! Did it again ^^ And the bottle is exquisite!!
Young Lee
Label - 2026 YUM! Blend
Excited!! Excited!!
Excited!! I joined the group late 2025 and missed all the yummies in the beginning. Now I have my 2025 Most Popular Bean blend and I will wait patiently!! Yes, the beans smell fantastic as always ^^
Young Lee
Special Group Buy - 2025 Most Popular Vanilla Beans Blend & Bottle
Love love love
Love love love.... The bag smells so so good and the beans are plump and smells scrumptious!! I can't wait until extract time!
Young Lee
NEWLY UPDATED Honey Spiced Vanilla Extract Blend - 6 Ingredients - Just Add Spirits
Peppermint Patina
I can't really speak on how the extract tastes as I just assembled everything yesterday, but I'm sure it will be good!
Denise Romero
The Peppermint Patina Extract Blend By, Jill
Just received my Peppermint Patina extract today
Just received my Peppermint Patina extract today. I can’t wait to start taste testing in a couple months. As soon as I cut the bag open I was hit with peppermint. I’m already looking into recipes I can use this in.
Joe Monroe
The Peppermint Patina Extract Blend By, Jill
Always a joy to do retail therapy at VanillaPura
Always a joy to do retail therapy at VanillaPura. Rare is the time I need to contact them but if I do it is always resolved quickly 🥰
Carol Denney
VanillaPura
Got my Jayapura beans 1 pound yesterday
Got my Jayapura beans 1 pound yesterday. They are already swimming in 100 proof vodka. They were very oily & smelled so good. Thank y’all for what you do for us vanilla bean freaks!
Phyllis Hone
VanillaPura
Zodiac Club Excitement.
I am so excited to start the new Zodiac Blend of the Month Club. I was trying to keep up on buying the blends individually and I missed a couple. I spoke with Michelle Rosa and explained to her I am a lazy shopper and a club would make it easier. Michelle talked to the powers that be and now there is a club. I am so excited to add more vanilla blends to my collection.
Anonymous
clubVpuraZ - The Zodiac Blend of the Month Club
Love them, very moist and split easily. Going to make great vanilla.
Lori
Madagascar Vanilla Beans - Grade A - Gourmet For Extract & Baking
These are great beans a little dryer than I would have liked but still smelled good and seem to be making great vanilla.
Lori
Ugandan Vanilla Beans Grade B - Extract Grade
Smelled so yummy
Smelled so yummy. Moist and oily too. I split them and they are happily swimming in vodka.
Jen
Java Indonesian Vanilla Beans - The Salatiga - Grade A
Commentaires
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 :-)
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
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 :-)
How do I calculate 1/2 fold?
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 :-)
How many vanilla sticks per 5 ounce bottles with Tito‘s
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!
My first extract experience!
Welcome Loraine! It’s going to be fun! Let us know if we can help along the way. Happy Extracting!
I’m excited to get started with my vanilla extract for next Christmas.
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!
What happened the the “rule” of 1oz beans to 8oz alcohol?? Why the change?
This is such a great tool for novice vanilla extract makers! It completely takes the guess work or calculator gymnastics out of the equation!