dex_in_brooklynin Learning to Smell · New York ·
DiscoveryCassia and Ceylon cinnamon don't smell the same
ok so we got ceylon cinnamon in at work next to the usual cassia. side by side at my station the cassia is sweeter, almost like a cookie, the ceylon is lighter and kind of citrusy. your telling me these are both just cinnamon?
6 comments
nell.wattle
The Wikipedia page on coumarin lists cassia cinnamon as one of the places it's found, along with tonka beans and sweet woodruff, and describes it as sweet and vanilla-like. That might actually be your cookie.
dex_in_brooklyn
the cookie has a name. you're a legend
ash.and.ember
Is that the same coumarin people talk about with tonka?
joon.yuzu
TL;DR: same molecule. The coumarin page says it was first isolated from tonka beans, and the club has its own page on coumarin too. Basically tonka's sweet side, hiding in your cassia. That's my two cents.
aroha.rain
Sniffed both jars at the supermarket after reading this. It's true, the cassia is the cosy one
ingrid_berlin
Cassia is warmth and low end. Ceylon has more air around it. I cook with Ceylon since two years and still mix them up.