How Cinnamon is Harvested

How Cinnamon is Harvested

After the worker skillfully cuts the young branches, the outer bark is carefully peeled away, revealing the precious inner bark. This inner bark is what we know as cinnamon, the heart of the spice industry. But did you know there are actually a variety of spices often sold as cinnamon, with two types—Ceylon and cassia—being the most common?

Cassia, also known as Chinese cinnamon, is responsible for the intoxicating flavor and scent associated with foods like cinnamon rolls or cinnamon swirl bread. Ceylon, or “true cinnamon,” is native to Sri Lanka and southern parts of India. It is less common and more expensive than the cassia variety.

Workers meticulously strip the inner bark off in long, fragrant rolls. Each roll is then laid out in the sun to dry. As they bask in the sunlight, the bark naturally curls into the familiar cinnamon sticks we use in our kitchens.
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[stannetaprospere]

Growing up in the Caribbean and I took for granted that I could just go outside to our cinnamon tree cut out a piece of bark and make some tea with it. Or grab some of the leaves and have some seasoning. Same with cloves, honestly I was shocked when I saw expensive they were.

[samjohnson]

its always really cool when you can just walk outside an pick the things you eat/use right out of your own yard.

[ReddRooster]

Oh wow, very important & interesting. 🤔🤔

[bapparawal]

Now these type of shorts is what we want to watch.

[warriormamma]

Ceylon is lower FODMAP of the two so If you experience GI issues like gas try Ceylon instead.

[unaffiliatedconservative]

Such intense labor involved to harvest cinnamon. 👍

[LittleEla]

Yep. When I first tasted cinnamon in the US as a child I felt it tasted different and wondered why it was always powdered when I was used to seeing it as sticks in Mexico...then I found out it's a different kind. We use Ceylon.

[eileen]

I just can't get the real stuff anymore, what's happening to the world nd our food.
All the very best frm England ❤

[Iloveyoudad]

In Mauritius 🇲🇺 we call it " canel " ☺️😊😉

[riverrose]

I didn't know i was eating tree bark, ... nice 👍🏽

[BuckRogers]

How do you know if it's the which is which

[clarence]

So does the tree die after bark is atripped off?

[sophroniel]

cassia cinnamon is inferior in every way. ceylan is real cinnamon. you mixed up the pictures.

[NickFibonacciCristea]

You’re telling me enormous, humongous, gargantuan, XXL, Goliath-sized cigars exist? Give me a puff.

[dracharya]

Looks like Chinese fake cinnamon is the one people think is the real one. The sri Lanka cinnamon is the true spice.

[amoskatana]

But that can damage the trees to even drying up

[PACIFICBboy]

Every time is see the cinnamon harvest method I wonder how it’s not way more expensive

[borgmardunkleson]

Honestly i'm getting sick of the misinformation in yhese videos

[Bengrim-ocby]

Bro fipped the pictures. The top brown one is cassia and the light brown cinnamon is Ceylon

[DarknessValor]

You are literally killing this tree... any outdoor craftsman knows that if you are going to harvest bark... you are supposed to leave a vein to allow the roots to transport moisture to the top of the tree... i realize this is Chinese propaganda and they really don't care about conservation in any way... however... it actually benefits you to allow the tree to survive so you can have abundance in the future