Cinnamon Powder

What is cinnamon powder? Cinnamon comes from the bark of a group of plants called Cinnamomum. Cinnamomum is a tree that is grown in many parts of Asia, but mostly in China, Indonesia, and Vietnam. Cinnamaldehyde is an essential oil that gives cinnamon its spicy, unique taste, sweet smell, and warm heat. A tree needs to grow for about two years before it can make cinnamon. Then, it is cut down to a stump, from which a lot of small shoots will grow. The shoots are left to grow up and thicken until they are about two inches across. After the green bark on the outside is taken off, the inner bark is beaten and bruised until it comes away from the wood. The inner bark is then cut into strips, removed in large sheets, and dried in the air. Then, these strips are rolled into cinnamon quills, which are then dried in ovens or by baking outside in the sun. When the quills are tanned enough, they are sent out into the world. The species Cinnamomum loureiroi is used to make Vietnamese cinnamon, w