SELECT 
  pfv.variant_id, 
  pfv.position, 
  pfvd.variant 
FROM 
  cscart_product_feature_variants AS pfv 
  INNER JOIN cscart_product_feature_variant_descriptions AS pfvd ON pfv.variant_id = pfvd.variant_id 
  AND pfvd.lang_code = 'en' 
WHERE 
  pfv.variant_id IN (
    1235, 1236, 1237, 1238, 1309, 1310, 1311, 
    1312, 1323, 1320, 1296, 1324, 1325, 
    1321, 1322
  )

Query time 0.00031

JSON explain

{
  "query_block": {
    "select_id": 1,
    "cost_info": {
      "query_cost": "15.76"
    },
    "nested_loop": [
      {
        "table": {
          "table_name": "pfv",
          "access_type": "range",
          "possible_keys": [
            "PRIMARY"
          ],
          "key": "PRIMARY",
          "used_key_parts": [
            "variant_id"
          ],
          "key_length": "3",
          "rows_examined_per_scan": 15,
          "rows_produced_per_join": 15,
          "filtered": "100.00",
          "index_condition": "(`wearethehelpful_scalesta_net`.`pfv`.`variant_id` in (1235,1236,1237,1238,1309,1310,1311,1312,1323,1320,1296,1324,1325,1321,1322))",
          "cost_info": {
            "read_cost": "9.01",
            "eval_cost": "1.50",
            "prefix_cost": "10.51",
            "data_read_per_join": "17K"
          },
          "used_columns": [
            "variant_id",
            "position"
          ]
        }
      },
      {
        "table": {
          "table_name": "pfvd",
          "access_type": "eq_ref",
          "possible_keys": [
            "PRIMARY"
          ],
          "key": "PRIMARY",
          "used_key_parts": [
            "variant_id",
            "lang_code"
          ],
          "key_length": "9",
          "ref": [
            "wearethehelpful_scalesta_net.pfv.variant_id",
            "const"
          ],
          "rows_examined_per_scan": 1,
          "rows_produced_per_join": 15,
          "filtered": "100.00",
          "cost_info": {
            "read_cost": "3.75",
            "eval_cost": "1.50",
            "prefix_cost": "15.76",
            "data_read_per_join": "45K"
          },
          "used_columns": [
            "variant_id",
            "variant",
            "lang_code"
          ]
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Result

variant_id position variant
1235 0 White / Rosé
1236 0 Red / Rosé
1237 0 White / Red
1238 0 I'm not fussy!
1296 0 Whole Beans
1309 0 Medium Grind
1310 0 Whole Beans
1311 0 Fine Grind
1312 0 Coarse Grind
1320 0 Medium Grind (Filter)
1321 0 Fine Grind (Espresso)
1322 0 Coarse Grind (French Press)
1323 0 200g
1324 0 60g
1325 0 1kg