Vanilla Thickshake

Vanilla is the world's second most expensive spice after saffron, native to Mexico where the Totonac people were the first to cultivate vanilla orchids. Spanish conquistadors brought vanilla to Europe in the 16th century, where it was quickly adopted as a flavouring for chocolate, then ice cream — giving vanilla ice cream its status as the world's most popular ice cream flavour for over a century.

The vanilla milkshake is the purist's choice — a shake that allows the quality of the ice cream and the authenticity of the vanilla to shine without distraction. Real vanilla (Vanilla planifolia) contains over 200 flavour compounds, giving it a complexity that artificial vanillin (a single compound) simply cannot replicate.

At Cappadocia, our vanilla thickshake uses premium vanilla bean ice cream — the small black specks of real vanilla visible in every serving, delivering a clean, complex, and deeply satisfying shake that proves the classics endure for a reason.