Thursday, March 12, 2015

Cinnamon Harvesting


The cinnamon essential oil we use at Indochine Natural is sourced from various countries including Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Viet Nam. The process of harvesting the raw cinnamon has not changed for centuries.

When a cinnamon tree is around two years old it is cut back to a stump and covered with soil. This causes it to grow like a bush, with new shoots emerging out of the sides by the following year. It's these shoots that are used to make cinnamon. The leaves are removed and the outer bark scrapped off the twigs in one piece and rolled in layers, telescope style, into long quills that are left to dry for several days.

The cinnamon essential oil is later extracted by steam distillation.

Selecting cinnamon essential oil for use in Indochine Natural products requires thorough scrutiny as the fragrance can be affected by where and how the plant was grown, extraction method, plus the soil, air and water in the growing region, the health of the plant, and how long it sits before distillation. At Indochine natural we have been known to reject entire shipments of Cinnamon essential oil.

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