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Cinnamon

Alba, C5, H1: how to read a cinnamon grade

Grade is quill diameter, not quality theatre. Why the thinnest Alba quills command the price they do — and how to taste true Ceylon cinnamon against cassia.

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Alba, C5, H1: how to read a cinnamon grade

One bush, forty pluckings: the rhythm of a Ceylon tea year

The farm-gate gap — and how a weekly payout closes it

From the field

Alba, C5, H1: how to read a cinnamon grade

How the marketplace works

The farm-gate gap — and how a weekly payout closes it

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