In our ongoing curiosity of the available foods here in America, we search far and wide for those items not seen on a day-to-day basis, these Calypso beans are part of that. Seed Savers Exchange in Iowa is where these beans come from, I had originally learned of Seed Savers from a National Public Radio program. Another great source for information has been the Slowfood Ark program. And the beans, well besides being a beautiful bean, when cooked, have a smoky flavor and are about twice as large as when dry.