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Saigon Cinnamon
The Natural Choice of Fine Cooks Everywhere
Wake up your day with
aromatic cinnamon. This ancient spice was once used as a
love potion and is a favorite aroma around the world.
Although there are several varieties of cinnamon, it is
Saigon Cinnamon that is considered to be the most flavorful,
with 1-5% essential
oil in content and 25% cinnamaldehyde in essential oil,
which is the highest of any cinnamon.
Cinnamon
comes from the inner bark of a tropical tree while Cinnamon
Oil comes from the pods. The bark is harvested during the
rainy season. When it dries, the bark curls into long
quills. The quills are cut into sticks or ground into a
powder. The most popular varieties of cinnamon include
Ceylon, which is lighter in color and mildly sweet and
Cassia, which is dark, reddish brown with a pungent,
bittersweet taste. Cassia Cinnamon is generally what you
will find on grocery store shelves. Saigon Cinnamon,
however, is coveted by good cooks and chefs everywhere for
its sweet yet unique complex flavor.
Grown
and hand harvested in the same manner for over 500 years,
Saigon Cinnamon comes from the cool wet forests of central
and north Vietnam. Unlike the curly bark of 'ordinary'
cinnamon, the bark of the Saigon variety is flat and
ragged. It is also stronger and sweeter and incomparable in
teas, baked goods, and savory dishes. Once you try it,
you'll never buy the ordinary cinnamon again!
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