Ceylon cinnamon vs. cassia cinnamon There are actually two types of cinnamon commonly available: Ceylon cinnamon (also known as Cinnamomum verum and true cinnamon) and cassia cinnamon (also known ...

Cassia comes from another kind of cinnamon tree, called Cinnamomum cassia, and it doesn't require as much time or effort to make. Cassia bark is hard and sturdy, so quills are made as one curled ...

In Avanelle Day’s and Lillie Stuckey’s The Spice Cook Book you will find the following observation about cinnamon. “If ever we could collect all the knowledge relating to the history ...

At a later stage, this process will allow Ceylon Cinnamon to be authenticated, and identified as such on packaging, via the international Barcode of Life Database (BOLD) which will finally result in ...