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Brilliant Beans: Epic & Heirloom varieties
At Brindisa, our love for beans runs deep. It all started when Monika, our founder, began sourcing the finest pulses from Spain for chefs—flavourful, high-quality beans that have been a staple in Spanish kitchens for generations. Now it's time for you to embrace them.
There is no official explanation for how an heirloom bean is different from any other well-grown bean. However, for us at Brindisa, our Heirloom beans are from very small-batch crops grown in small areas with exceptional microclimates of their own. Our heirloom bean selection comes from crops that require a lot of care and attention throughout the processes of growing, harvesting and grading. This means they can cost more than other beans, but these beans have very exceptional flavours.
Mother and daughter, Teresa and Gema, carefully hand-check each bean before packing.
Heirloom beans are fresher than the epic collection and will cook faster. They are characterised by their delicate skins, their ability to absorb water, their tender centres and their individual flavours. The skin and the pulp remain as one when they cook and as one when consumed. These features come about when seed stock is well managed and plants are grown in small plots in ideal conditions. These ideal conditions are generous rainfall, a dry climate - be it the heat of summer or the cold of winter - and well naturally well-irrigated land, rich in minerals and high in limes and calcium.
Use these beans as the Spanish do - with small amounts of excellent additional ingredients – don’t hesitate, and splash out on the best beans for the best results!
We’ve put together our best tips and tricks to help you get started. Visit our cooking page for expert advice!
Brindisa’s Epic Beans are what I like to call “almacenista beans” - that is crops selected by pulses experts from small local growers. An almancenista (the word comes the sherry trade and it’s used for graders of sherry) is not a grower themself but someone who collaborates all year long with the growers who nurture the plants in modest plots in the best growing areas of Spain. These small farms supply their crops to an almancenista who is local to their area. The most famous area of Spain for growing pulses is Castile and León, located around Salamanca, Palencia, and Valladolid - dry, cold winters and hot summers. All pulses collected by our suppliers are extremely good. They work closely with the growers, watch and monitor the crops, and support them.
