Lost Ceylon Diaries on Instagram: "True Ceylon cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum) is native and endemic to Sri Lanka, originally growing wild in the central hill country and southern forests. Its history stretches back to at least 2800 BCE, with ancient Chinese records referring to it, and its aroma later inspiring global explorations. This fragrant bark became a prized commodity, Arab traders carried it from Sri Lankan shores, followed by the Portuguese, Dutch, and British, who built canals, plantatio