CHINESE CINNAMON VS VIETNAMESE CINNAMON

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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 Vietnamese one is much Spicier than Chinese one.
That's the biggest distinctive feature, but it's also the hardest one. You have to have both samples, and get use to them overtime.
That should be the best way.

Thank you very much for your support for reading up till this point.
Hope that my article will help you in purchasing your favorite Cassia Cinnamon.
See you in other articles or even in person.

Robert Khuc
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