Vanilla is the most misjudged flavor behind the bar — “vanilla” means boring everywhere except a cocktail, where real vanilla is quiet load-bearing magic. This one is made with actual Madagascar Bourbon vanilla beans, not extract-and-sugar, so you get the round, floral, slightly smoky thing real pods do instead of the candle-aisle version.

In tiki it's the whisper behind drinks like the Nui Nui — the note nobody can name and everybody misses when it's gone. Off the island: a vanilla Old Fashioned is a quiet revelation, a splash in a rum and Coke is embarrassingly good, and your morning latte will never accept the coffee-shop pump again. Use it anywhere sweetness should have some perfume to it.

Once opened, refrigerate and use within 90 days — unopened, it keeps for two years from the date of manufacture.