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 ...

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 ...