Ceylon  cinnamon 

Description

Grade: Alba

Colour: Brown

Grown: Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

Outer Appearance (Quills): Thin & Soft

Inner Filling (Quills): Filled like a cigar, several thin barks

Other Name: Real cinnamon / True Cinnamon

Taste: Bit of sweetness mix with spicy and woody taste

Ceylon Cinnamon is also known as True Cinnamon, Canela, Sri Lankan Cinnamon, real Cinnamon, Cinnamomum Zeylanicum, Cinnamomum Verum. Unlike regular Cassia Cinnamon, Ceylon Cinnamon sticks are soft, with a light-yellowish brown colour and a highly fragrant aroma, rolled multiple thin strips of cinnamon bark and flake easily for grinding into fine powder or to add to curries or flavour rice, custards, even Tea. Also edible as is , probably a small piece.

Snap / Break / Crumble a cinnamon stick, you will quickly notice the wonderful fragrant smell / aroma