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 anilla is any member of a group of tropical climbing orchids, from the pods of which a widely used flavoring agent is extracted.
Vanilla has its origin in Mexico. Vanilla had been used by the Aztecs to flavour chocolate beverages. Later, Spaniards conquistadors drank it at Montezuma's court, and soon afterwards Vanilla became popular in Europe.
Today it is used in a variety of sweet foods and beverages, particularly chocolate, confections, ice cream, and bakery goods, and in perfumery.
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 he principal sources of Vanilla in our days are Madagascar, the Comoros, and Reunion, which together furnish about 70 to 75 percent of the world's supply, and Mexico, Uganda, and French Polynesia.
Greeks, use Vanilla for sweet foods and beverages also, but Greek Vanilla is famous for the style the Greeks use in order to enjoy it!
Dense quantity of Vanilla is packaged in glass or plastic boxes. Then, in a glass of water is sinking a small portion of Vanilla, and then by using a spoon someone can taste the product.
It is real a very strange custom known as "ipovrichio" which means "submarine".
The origin of this custom is unknown, but this process is very popular in Greece
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