Guide
6 min readCeylon vs. Cassia: A Field Guide to True Cinnamon
Two spices, two trees, one shelf. How to tell real Ceylon quills from cassia bark before you cook with them.
The journal
Notes from the kitchen and the spice shelf.
Practical technique — guides for buying well, recipes worth repeating, and how Ceylon spices are made.
Recipe
4 min readA Golden Milk Worth Making Twice
Most turmeric lattes taste like chalk. This one blooms the spice in fat first — the same technique used in a Sri Lankan curry base.
Guide
5 min readHow Ceylon Cinnamon Quills Are Made
Cinnamon peeling is one of the last true crafts in the spice trade. Here is how a hand-rolled quill goes from stem to shelf.