Vanilla is a widespread and very popular spice. Of course a lot of sweet dishes with vanilla come to mind. Vanilla ice cream, vanilla cream etc. But did you know that Coca-Cola contains vanilla as well? How is vanilla produced? The vanilla plant is a vine-like orchid. Its flowers only bloom for one day, which means they have to be pollinated exactly on that day. Bees, and in some places hummingbirds, pollinate only about 10% of all flowers. The remaining 90% are pollinated by hand. Each flower contains the female part and the male part, but without external influence, they do not come together. The farmer must therefore pollinate each…