Cassia cinnamon bark is aged for 20 years before being stripped off in 1/16-inch layers, cleaned, and dried. Ceylon cinnamon ...

Medically reviewed by Jamie Johnson, RDN Cinnamon is a popular spice made from the bark of the Cinnamomum verum (Ceylon ...

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 ...

Cassia bark is often labelled as cinnamon, even though it is not the same. True cinnamon is thin and easy to break into pieces using just your fingers, while cassia bark is thicker and harder.

However, there are several other plants – from China, Indonesia and Vietnam – whose bark is also called cinnamon, even though it is, in fact, cassia. True cinnamon is considered far superior ...