Building a website is a lot like baking a cake. You must have a method and the right ingredients. It takes time, a deft touch and much patience. Sometimes things don’t go according to plan and adjustments must be made. But stick to the recipe, trust in the process and more often than not the end result will be worth the wait. That’s our approach, at least, and as we present our new website for the first time – fresh from the oven as it were – we think it has turned out rather splendidly. Truth be told, this has been some time in the making. But the best things come to those who wait.

Like all the best LittlePod projects, this has been a true team effort, a great collaboration between Paul, Janet, Tom and the team here at our HQ in East Devon, and Creative Stream, who took on board our ideas and dreams, and designed and built the most beautiful website. The brief provided was far from simple, but we think they’ve done a remarkable job, don’t you agree? Our thanks must go to Jess, Sally and Ant, for their talent, their time and, if we’re honest, their forbearance, and for providing us with the perfect platform to continue to tell the LittlePod story and spread the word about REAL vanilla and its importance to the planet. This is, after all, what it’s all about.

Isn’t it fantastic that a small company in a village in East Devon can reach out and impact on the world whilst doing social good at home?

David Fursdon, the Lord Lieutenant of Devon

Thanks to everyone’s efforts over recent months, our new website will help us to extend our reach, increase our impact and continue to do good at home and abroad. It will give us fresh impetus and the means to add more LittlePodders to our growing family. It will help us to showcase our products and support vanilla farmers in the Equatorial regions. It will enable us to underline our most important message: that if you choose to use real vanilla, you will make a difference to our world.

Our personal highlights include the hummingbird that, thanks to Ant’s artistry, buzzes around our beautiful homepage, and our all our delicious new recipes – aka The Peter Gorton Collection – created for us by Peter, real vanilla advocate, LittlePod ambassador and Master Chef of Great Britain. But we’d most like to know what YOU think, so please, pop the kettle on, have a good look around and do get in touch and share your thoughts. You can email us at sales@littlepod.co.uk or join us on Instagram (follow @little_pod and use our hashtag #CampaignForRealVanilla). There’s a great deal to digest here. But like all the best creations in the kitchen, having followed the formula, measured it all out and refused to rush, our appetites have really been whetted!