While the idea of growing your own cinnamon tree might seem too exotic or fanciful to imagine, it's actually not impossible ...

However, in the world of spices, many view Ceylon cinnamon as "true cinnamon" because it comes from a tree native to Sri Lanka called Cinnamomum verum. Producing this cinnamon is labor-intensive ...

However, there are several other plants – from China, Indonesia and Vietnam – whose bark is also called cinnamon, even though it is, in fact, cassia. True cinnamon is considered far superior ...