Cinnamon Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum, formerly Cinnamomum zeylanicum), the true or Ceylon cinnamon, is an evergreen tree of the laurel family, Lauraceae, native to Sri Lanka and the Malabar coast of southwestern India and grown on plantations in Sri Lanka, the Seychelles, and Madagascar. Left alone it grows 10 to 15 meters with leathery, glossy, three-veined leaves that flush red when young and small, yellowish flowers, but in cultivation it is coppiced into a bush of straight shoots. Peelers strip the thin inner bark from these shoots and roll it into tight, layered quills, pale tan, brittle, and sweetly fragrant, far more delicate than cassia. We extract the dried bark.