Saigon Cinnamon Cassia & Vietnam Star Anise

The table for Volatile Oil percentage in each part of Cassia Cinnamon Tree. Cassia Cinnamon Parts Volatile Oil (VO) Note Cork (Skin) 0.7% For low VO Broken or Powder Twig 2% For low VO Broken or Powder Leaf 1 - 2% For Powder Branch 2 - 3.5% For Broken or Powder Forest Cassia (Fixed Oil Cassia) [Non-preferable and Limited supply] 2% max For low VO Broken or Powder (Sometime for Stick Cassia in case you need cheap one for decorative purpose only) Grade C Age: 5-12 years Thickness: 2.5 mm max 3 - 3.5% For Split, Pressed, Broken Grade B Age: 12-20 years Thickness: 2.5-4 mm 3 - 3.5% For Tube, Square, Round, Broken, Stick, Chips   Skinless (without cork) 4% and above Grade A ...

Cassia powder color, will you able to tell anything from the color of your cassia cinnamon powder? Yes, you will. But not too much. For example, taking out these samples: You got VO 1.5% is the darkest powder, also less yellowish and more grayish. VO 2.5% and 3% are brighter and more yellow in side. However, the VO 4% cassia powder is a bit darker compare to 2.5% and 3%. So the theory that said “the brighter the color is, the higher the VO is”, is not correct this time. Then, what should be the case? For cassia powder making, the color is highly depended on the available of materials at the time of processing. As well as the way they are mixed. And the requirements of customer in order to optimize the cost and price. The brightness of your cassia powder should look like on these. Brighter Darker Without cork With cork Leaves available Leaves unavailable Doesn’t mean higher VO (volatile oil) Doesn’t mea...

The oil content plays an important role in purchasing Cassia Cinnamon. The higher the oil content, the higher the quality and it would take much more. Oil Content, how do you determine them without analyzing from the labs. And maybe by visual only? INTRODUCING THE OIL LINE - HOW MUCH OIL LEFT ON YOUR CASSIA. Oil Line is the darker part on the inner of your Cassia. It is like when you deep your Cassia in water, it absorbs water and becomes darker. In this case, it is the oil that make the inner of your Cassia darker. So the thicker the Oil Line is the more oil your Cassia has. As on the above picture, the Cassia Stick on your left has much more oil than the one on your right. The Oil Content also play an important role on your Cassia Cinnamon roll up rate, if your Cassia happen to content more oil inside, they would likely to roll up more. The two above Cigar Cassia were dried in the same process and time, but the Cassia Cigar on the left has much more oil. As a result, he will be able ...

When it come to Cassia, the two famous one should be those from China and Vietnam. As they look nearly the same, will you be able to tell them a part? First, let's go from the outside. If you bought a Cassia Cinnamon bark, which comes with their skin (cork), it would be an easy catch. Because, our friendly Lichens will come to rescue. No or just a little Lichens, they are from China. Lichens, they are from Vietnam. However, not each individual piece of Cassia from Vietnam contents Lichens, so please judge them in whole, not in part. TRUST YOUR INTUITION. Feel it, and taste it. The China Cinnamon Cassia should taste the same as the Vietnam one, warm and spicy in nature. But it also the two things that could distinguish them. The Chinese Cassia is sweet, but it's not that sweet. On the other side, with just a small amount, you will definitely feel the sweet of Vietnamese one. Also the Spicy sensation, if you used both Vietnamese and Chinese Cassia, you will surely know that, the ...