How do you know if the stick cinnamon you're buying is "real"?
I know there are many different types of artificial cinnamon. Is there any way to know if you are getting real cinnamon?
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If you bought it here in the US, chances are very good it is not real cinnamon, but is, instead, rolled or ground cassia bark. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnamomum_cassia ). If you paid less than, oh, $35 to $50 a pound, it is likely not real cinnamon, but, yes, cassia.
Real cinnamon comes from Sri Lanka and will say on the package Ceylon Cinnamon. It is not, like the stick cinnamon made from cassia, a thick, wide-roll of hard, tough material which does, admittedly, smell much like Christmas; instead, it is a thinner, narrow-roll of lighter-colored, easily breakable material which smells like Christmas- and flowers and a light-but-rich honey sweetness.
Real cinnamon is lighter in flavor- again, with a flowery component and faintly but richly sweet. It is very easy to get used to, and once you have scented and tasted the difference between cassia and real cinnamon, you will never be fooled again.
If you wish to try it out for yourself, you can get it from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Organic-Ceylon-Cinnamon-Premium-Freshly/dp/B07GL35V7C/ref=asc_df_B07GL35V7C/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312136870300&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=13630854935234928007&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9030197&hvtargid=pla-761957254752&psc=1
and wherever fine spices are sold.