Wild Cinnamon Quills

Use Wild Cinnamon Quills wherever you want cinnamon to slowly infuse a dish. Add a quill to curries, biryanis, rice pudding, braises, stews, poached fruit, or mulled drinks. Breaking whole cinnamon sticks into smaller pieces before cooking helps release even more aroma.

Ceylon cinnamon sticks are made from the inner bark of the Cinnamomum verum tree, often called "true cinnamon." Compared to cassia cinnamon, they're more delicate and nuanced, with citrusy, floral notes and a gentle sweetness that works beautifully in both sweet and savory cooking.

Absolutely. Simmer cinnamon sticks for tea, chai, or hot chocolate, or steep a piece alongside your coffee for subtle warmth and aroma. Using cinnamon sticks for coffee pairs especially well with ginger, cardamom, cloves, vanilla, and citrus.

Cooking with cinnamon sticks works best in recipes that go low and slow, allowing their flavor to gently infuse the dish. Add them to curries, biryanis, soups, stews, braises, mulled cider, poached fruit, rice pudding, or syrups, then remove the quill before serving. They're one of the easiest ways to add warmth and depth without overwhelming the other flavors in the pot.

Our farm partners have been cultivating spices using practices that go "beyond organic" for well over five years. Although they haven't obtained USDA certification yet, this is primarily because the initial certification can be costly and may lead to cycles of debt. To meet USDA standards, four years of inspections and certificates are required after the first certification. However, we consider this process redundant and unnecessary since we conduct thorough testing on every batch we procure. It's a prerequisite for Diaspora Co. to select farm partners whose soil health and agricultural practices align with our internal standards of growing food regeneratively.

Store them in an airtight container in a dark, dry place. Do not store spices in direct sunlight, as this will shorten their shelf life.

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Most of the spices are good 2 years from the mill date, which is listed on the harvest label sticker on the jar or bag. That being said, our spices are extremely potent and fresh as we take incredible care to source yearly and aim for quality, so 2 years is our most conservative guideline, compared to most spices in the grocery store which are often 5-10 years old upon purchase.