{"id":27,"date":"2026-01-07T05:56:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T05:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ceyloncinnamon.lk\/staging\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2026-03-20T04:36:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T04:36:49","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ceyloncinnamon.lk\/staging\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"HISTORY"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"27\" class=\"elementor elementor-27\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dba70a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1dba70a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92f54fb blur-container e-con-full elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"92f54fb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation_mobile&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0a7f6d elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e0a7f6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation_widescreen&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">history<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa439ef blur-container3 e-con-full elementor-hidden-widescreen elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fa439ef\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation_mobile&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8fd094 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e8fd094\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation_widescreen&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">history<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b28d28 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7b28d28\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39bc4f3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"39bc4f3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b3ffc9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0b3ffc9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06c642d elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"06c642d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation_widescreen&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;,&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;,&quot;_animation_mobile&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">History<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37aeed3 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37aeed3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;,&quot;_animation_mobile&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Cinnamon originated from Ceylon (now called Sri Lanka) and found its way via the \u2018Cinnamon Route\u2019 to Alexandria, Egypt \u2013 the shipping port of cinnamon. From here, it was bought by Italian traders who held a monopoly of spice trade in Europe. At the beginning of the sixteenth century, Portuguese traders landed in Ceylon, and held the monopoly of cinnamon for over a hundred years.<\/p><p>From medicinal, to magical, religious and culinary purposes, cinnamon has been cherished and used across several civilisations for thousands of years. In Ancient Rome, Cinnamon was considered more precious than gold and silver, and regarded as a gift fit for monarchs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d01237 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2d01237\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;,&quot;animation_widescreen&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7abce2c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7abce2c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54db6a0 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"54db6a0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;,&quot;animation_widescreen&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acd72b0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"acd72b0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45a3e77 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"45a3e77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;,&quot;_animation_mobile&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_widescreen&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Today, cinnamon is extensively used worldwide, as an ingredient in many products. It is mainly used as a spice, condiment and flavouring material.<\/p><p>At times, Ceylon cinnamon is confused with other spices such as Cassia cinnamon. Cassia is in fact an inferior type of cinnamon, known for its harsher flavour and lacks health benefits. Ceylon cinnamon is finer, less dense and lighter in colour and can be easily crumbled, as opposed to Cassia which is light reddish brown in colour, hard and woody in texture and does not crumble at all.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7be862 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b7be862\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8427432 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8427432\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/ceyloncinnamon.lk\/staging\/our-products\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d33ff3c animated-slow elementor-invisible 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data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/ceyloncinnamon.lk\/staging\/our-products\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29d23d3 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"29d23d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cinnamon Quillings<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70608fe animated-slow grayscale-hover-box e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"70608fe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/ceyloncinnamon.lk\/staging\/our-products\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6ebc73 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c6ebc73\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/ceyloncinnamon.lk\/staging\/our-products\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3d406e animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c3d406e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cut Cinnamon<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83fe110 animated-slow grayscale-hover-box e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"83fe110\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/ceyloncinnamon.lk\/staging\/our-products\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4208717 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4208717\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d816c4 animated-slow grayscale-hover-box e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1d816c4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/ceyloncinnamon.lk\/staging\/our-products\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcae7d0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dcae7d0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/ceyloncinnamon.lk\/staging\/our-products\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0cf94d9 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0cf94d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cinnamon  Leaves<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3be2efd animated-slow grayscale-hover-box e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3be2efd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/ceyloncinnamon.lk\/staging\/our-products\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5af61cd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5af61cd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/ceyloncinnamon.lk\/staging\/our-products\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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