{"title":"Sri Lanka","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"smallflower-cinnamon-chips-sweet-4-oz","title":"Smallflower Cinnamon Chips - Sweet (4 oz) #10084024","description":"\u003cp\u003eCeylon Cinnamon is the dried inner bark of the Cinnamomum verum tree native to Sri Lanka. It has a sweeter, milder, more delicate flavor than the more common Cassia cinnamon from China, and a much more storied history. The earliest records of the use of Ceylon cinnamon date back almost 5,000 years in writings from ancient China and then continue throughout the ancient civilizations of Egypt and Rome. Due in part to its high oil content, Cinnamon is an incredibly versatile and very valuable spice, used in food, fragrance \u0026amp; incense as well as medicine. Pliny the Elder, one of Rome’s most revered thinkers, even declared cinnamon more valuable than silver!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCinnamon contains a pungent phytochemical called cinnamaldehyde which is responsible for its rich flavor and aroma, as well as many of its health supporting benefits. In many herbal and healing traditions, cinnamon is considered a warming, drying and cleansing herb for both body and mind. It has been used as incense for sacred ceremony, medicinally for supporting respiratory conditions and minor digestive discomfort, as well as to help support healthy blood sugar levels. Our fair trade organic Cinnamon Chips can be ground for use in cooking and baking, or decocted for a lovely, warming tea. Cinnamon tea is wonderful by itself or paired with other warming spices like cardamom, nutmeg and clove. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Smallflower Herbs \u0026 Teas","offers":[{"title":"4 oz","offer_id":40702679154839,"sku":"10084024","price":24.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0418\/0662\/6967\/products\/Cinnamon-Chips.jpg?v=1762277921"},{"product_id":"smallflower-cloves-whole-2-oz","title":"Smallflower Cloves Whole (2 oz) #10084025","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhole Cloves are the dried flower bud of the Clove tree, a fragrant evergreen native to South East Asia, particularly the Maluku Islands in Indonesia. This region became known as the Spice Islands in part because of the Clove trees that proliferated there. Fragrant trees run in the Clove family, Myrtaceae, which also includes Eucalyptus and Allspice among others. Clove has a long history as one of the most important and valuable spices in the spice trade. At times more highly valued than gold, the regions where Cloves grew were hotly contested, sparking wars and shaping history and the demographics of much of Asia and Europe. There is reason behind all the madness! Cloves had long been respected and used as an antifungal and antibacterial since the Middle Ages, notably featured as a primary ingredient in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.smallflower.mom\/products\/salt-spring-naturals-marseilles-remedy-traditional-thieves-oil-1-fl-oz?variant=37056757498007\"\u003eMarseille's Remedy Oil\u003c\/a\u003e, the famous remedy used to fight off Bubonic plague. Countless civilizations since ancient Rome have found Cloves to be useful for oral health, freshening breath and combating tooth pain. Traditional healers of the Indian Ayurvedic tradition consider Clove to be a warming spice and have also used them for oral health, supporting digestion, and managing bacterial balance. Clove can be decocted alone or with other warming spices like cinnamon, cardamom and nutmeg for a delicious warming tea, or added to a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.smallflower.mom\/products\/flower-valley-cotton-tea-bags-3-count?variant=37056469336215\"\u003ecotton tea bag\u003c\/a\u003e with more of the same to infuse into flavor soups, stews, cider and wine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Smallflower Herbs \u0026 Teas","offers":[{"title":"2 oz","offer_id":40702679744663,"sku":"10084025","price":15.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0418\/0662\/6967\/products\/Clove-Whole.jpg?v=1762277932"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.smallflower.mom\/collections\/sri-lanka.oembed","provider":"Smallflower","version":"1.0","type":"link"}