Different appearance and color: The appearance of cinnamon is more rolled, thicker meat, the color is brownish-red, cinnamon originates from different species of trees, presenting different shapes, some are rolled, some are blocky, the color is gray-black-brown or black-brown.

Taste and use of different: Cinnamon taste sweet, slightly pungent, but the sweet taste is strong, cinnamon taste sweet with astringent, with a faint aroma, sometimes there is also a hint of camphor pills taste, people common five spice powder in the cinnamon traces. Cinnamon as a spice, need to be used with star anise, allspice, cardamom and other spices together, in order to maximize the effectiveness of the effect, play the effect of deodorization and detoxification, cinnamon is often used in Chinese cooking, marinated dishes.

Source: Cinnamon is the dried bark of the camphor plant Geranium cinnamon, Yin Xiang, Chai Gui and other trees. Cinnamon source the dried bark of the camphor plant cinnamon.