How is cinnamon made?

[BagCSC]

Lol....yeah. I thought it was funny how many people dont know what that strange (unused) side of their cheesegrater is for. But hey....gotta learn sometime right.

[Raquelita]

It comes from peeled tree bark. I love the way cinnamon smells, it is one of my all-time favorite spices!

[BagCSC]

I agree....my favorite candle is apple cinnamon. I love cinnamon on all sorts of things.

[clara]

well, I learned a lot about cinnamon just by reading this thread, thanks guys!!! up!

[GregGraves]

I think the bark comes from new shoots of the cinnamon tree that spring up after tree is cut back to the ground.

[Kaabi]

I've been reading up on cinnamon, and it seems that we here in America primarily use the imitation kind, cassia. It's possible I haven't had real cinnamon in my life.

[deelip]

I never had cinnamon .
Actually i am hearing this for the first time.

[Kaabi]

You've never had cinnamon?! Do you mean, you've never had pure cinnamon, or you've never had any kind of cinnamon? That's odd, you have to try it.