Spice · Organic ingredient
Cinnamon bark
Cinnamomum verum
Rust-brown chips of true Ceylon cinnamon bark, papery and fragile at the edges. Softer and sweeter than everyday cassia, with a warm spice that is almost floral.
Blend with cinnamon bark →The benefits
Why we love cinnamon bark
Bakery-window warmth
True cinnamon brings a soft, sweet spice that makes any blend smell like something good is in the oven.
Sweet without sugar
Its natural sweetness rounds out black tea, rooibos and fruit blends with no added sugar.
The gentler cinnamon
True Ceylon cinnamon is softer in flavour than everyday cassia, and naturally far lower in coumarin.
Good to know
No special cautions for most people in normal tea amounts.
True cinnamon is the inner bark of a tree native to Sri Lanka. Peelers shave thin bark from young shoots, and it curls into nested quills as it dries. Arab traders once guarded its source with tales of giant birds that built their nests from cinnamon sticks, and the spice drew merchants to the island for centuries.
Found in these tales
Where cinnamon bark appears
It isn't in one of our tales yet — be the first to write one at the blending table.