HARTFORD, S.D. (KELO) – If you’ve ever done much holiday baking, you likely know that vanilla is a big player in all the favorite treats. But did you know there’s a family right here in KELOLAND you could buy some vanilla from?
It’s a busy time of year for the production staff at Vanilla Bean Kings in Hartford as it prepares loads of shipments of vanilla beans, extract, paste and more.
“Q4, holiday season’s busiest time of year for us. I’d say probably three times the volume than any given other quarter,” Nathan Hickey, the director of operations, said.
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“Because everybody’s baking during Thanksgiving, Christmas. A lot of people give vanilla as gifts too so it keeps us really busy this time of year,” owner Taylor Ernster said…