Grade 1 · C5
Matale District · Ceylon
Ceylon Cinnamon
$18.00
The real thing — Cinnamomum verum, not cassia. Hand-peeled into paper-thin quills that taste sweet and floral, with none of the harsh bite of supermarket cinnamon. Cured within 48 hours of cutting.
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Certified organic
USDA & EU, audited chain-of-custody.
Low coumarin
True cinnamon — kinder for daily use.
Hand-peeled
Rolled by peeling families in Matale.
Single estate
One slope, one lot, fully traceable.
Ceylon cinnamon is a different plant from the cassia sold as "cinnamon" almost everywhere else. Its bark is thin and brittle, curling into fragile quills that shatter cleanly. The flavour is delicate — citrus and honey rather than fire — and it carries a fraction of the coumarin found in cassia, which makes it the kinder choice for daily use.
We buy directly from peeling families in Matale, where the craft is passed down and a good peeler is worth their weight. Every lot is graded by quill diameter; this is our C5 Special.
SweetFloralCitrus peelWarm honeyLow coumarin
- Origin
- Matale District, LK
- Cultivar
- Cinnamomum verum
- Harvest
- Week 09 · 2024
- Elevation
- 1,180 m
- Grade
- C5 Special · hand-peeled
- Moisture
- 11.4%
- Lot
- SLK·CIN·24·009
- Per 100g
- Typical values
- Energy
- 247 kcal
- Fibre
- 53 g
- Calcium
- 1,002 mg
- Iron
- 8.3 mg
- Coumarin
- < 0.02% (trace)
Ingredients: 100% Ceylon cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum). Nothing else — no anti-caking agents, no fillers.
Store the quills whole in a sealed jar, away from light and heat, and grind as you need them — the aromatics fade fast once milled. A single quill will perfume a pot of rice, a curry, or a night's mulled wine.
Best within 18 months of the harvest date printed on your seal. Not irradiated; keep dry.
The ritual
Getting the most from a quill.
01 · Grind
Fresh, always
Snap a quill and grind only what you need — the oils fade within minutes of milling.
02 · Bloom
In fat or heat
Toast in ghee or oil for thirty seconds to open the aromatics before the other spices go in.
03 · Steep
Low and slow
A whole quill in rice, dhal or mulled wine gives a rounder, sweeter heat than powder ever will.
04 · Store
Sealed & dark
Keep the rest whole in the jar, out of the light. Good for eighteen months from harvest.
Matale · peeled by handThe making
Peeled thin,
cured fast.
Within hours of cutting, the outer bark is scraped and the inner bark rolled — the narrower the quill, the higher the grade. It's slow, exacting work that no machine has managed to replace.
What reaches you is a single peeler's single day, kept whole so you taste it at its best.
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Buy together
The morning trio
Cinnamon, turmeric and cardamom — the three we reach for first. Bought together, ten percent off.
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Reflections
What buyers say
4.9
★★★★★
Priya M.
“I grew up on Ceylon cinnamon and stopped being able to find the real thing. This is it — you can smell the difference the moment the jar opens.”
Chef D. Fernando
“We put it in the restaurant's kiribath. Guests ask what changed. The traceability card is a lovely touch for the pass.”
Anahit G.
“Beautiful quills, delicate flavour. Shipping to Yerevan took a little longer than expected but arrived perfectly sealed.”
Marcus T.
“Subscribed after the first jar. The subscribe-and-save price makes it a no-brainer for how often we go through it.”
Questions
Good to know
Most "cinnamon" is cassia — a related but coarser bark that's high in coumarin. This is true Ceylon cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum): thinner, sweeter, more floral, and far lower in coumarin, which makes it gentler for everyday use.
Whole quills keep their aromatics far longer — we recommend them if you can grind at home. Choose ground if you want convenience; we mill it fresh to order and seal it immediately.
In a sealed jar, away from light and heat. Whole quills stay at their best for about eighteen months from the harvest date printed on your seal.
Yes — we supply importers, distributors and hospitality groups with wholesale lots and private-label runs, with full export documentation. See our Trade page.
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