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Ceylon cinnamon, reimagined.
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Taste cinnamon for the first time.

Most cinnamon sold today is cassia, a cheaper bark from a different tree. Ours is true Ceylon cinnamon, steeped as tea in three blends, each paired with something grown beside it.

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True cinnamon, never cassiaTraceable to the farmHand-peeled in Sri LankaFree shipping over $50
★★★★★Reviews
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“Black tea with a little more character. The richness of the tea and the warmth of cinnamon make this a great way to start the morning. It feels familiar, but with a personality of its own. My new morning ritual, and the first deal of the day I don't regret making.”
Nicole, ON
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“The hibiscus brings a beautiful tartness, while the cinnamon adds a lovely warmth that brings everything together. It's become my favourite way to transition out of work mode and into my own time. And if you catch me making a second cup, yes, I'm guilty. Red-handed, actually.”
Steve, North York
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“Blue water lily and cinnamon make for a tea ritual that feels like stepping away from the noise of the day. I love the idea of ending the night with something a little different, something that invites you to slow down and enjoy the moment. My favourite excuse to be unavailable. No further questions, please.”
Jennifer, Richmond Hill

A day, poured in three cups.

06:40
06:40, Galle
Black Market
A morning, in a cup.

Ceylon black tea for the bright, waking half; cinnamon to keep it round. Three minutes gives a bright cup, four a fuller one.

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19:48, the temple road
Red Handed
An afternoon, in a cup.

Hibiscus and cinnamon, steeped until the cup runs deep red. Bright, tart and caffeine-free. Hot, or over ice.

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Sundown over the temple ruins
20:22, the old capital
Blue Alibi
An evening, in a cup.

Blue water lily and cinnamon, the calm, quiet half of the day. Four to five minutes. Take it as it is.

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Most of the world’s cinnamon is a stand-in.

End of a cassia stick: one thick curl of bark
fig. 1, cassia
Cinnamomum cassia

One thick, hard curl of bark. Hot and sharp in the cup. What most jars on most shelves contain.

End of a Ceylon cinnamon quill: many thin layers rolled together
fig. 2, Ceylon
Cinnamomum verum

Paper-thin layers, rolled by hand. Soft and sweet in the cup. Native to Sri Lanka, and the only cinnamon we use.

Turn the canister.

There is a code on the side panel. It leads back to the plantation, and to the family who grew and peeled the bark.

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How tracing works

Notes from the island

The journal
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Galle lighthouse above the sea at dusk

Questions, answered

01 What is the difference between cassia and Ceylon cinnamon?

Cassia is a harder, cheaper bark from a different tree, and most cinnamon sold today is cassia. Ceylon cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum) is the inner bark of one tree native to Sri Lanka, peeled and rolled by hand into thin quills. It tastes softer and sweeter. Every Sinnerman canister is Ceylon cinnamon, never cassia.

02 Do the blends contain caffeine?

Black Market is made with Ceylon black tea, so it contains caffeine. Red Handed is hibiscus and cinnamon, and is caffeine-free. Blue Alibi is blue water lily and cinnamon, an herbal blend with no tea leaves.

03 How do I brew it?

One bag, water just off the boil. Black Market for three to four minutes, Red Handed for four to six, Blue Alibi for four to five. Each canister holds 20 bags.

04 How much is shipping?

Shipping is free on orders over $50.

Three cinnamon teas, one for each part of the day.

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The making

Real cinnamon comes from one island. So does the reason you’ve never tasted it.

Seventy thousand families grow the finest cinnamon on earth.

They keep almost none of what it’s worth.

That is not an accident, and it is not new. The story of Ceylon cinnamon was carried off centuries ago, along with the cinnamon itself — and for four hundred years the people who grew it have been the last to be paid and the first to be forgotten. Sinnerman exists to turn that around. Not with a donation. With a business built the other way up.

Telling it accurately is the work. The marketing is just what’s wrapped around it.

Galle Fort and its lighthouse, from the air

What you’ve been handed isn’t cinnamon

Most of what the world sells as cinnamon is cassia — a harder, cheaper bark from a different tree, sold under the same word because almost no one was told there was a difference. Cinnamomum verum, the real thing, is native to one place on earth. This island.

So most people have never actually tasted cinnamon. They’ve tasted the stand-in, and called it by the real one’s name.

Every canister we make starts with real bark from the island — cut by hand, rolled into quills, dried in the shade, never cassia — paired with one other thing grown on the same soil: black tea, hibiscus, or the blue water lily. The cinnamon is the same in all three. Only the island changes around it.

The oldest trick in the trade

Here is how cinnamon has always moved from the island to the world:

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Four hands between the soil and the shelf, and the one that did everything ends up with the least. That’s not a broken system. It’s a system working exactly as it was built to.

Here is how it moves through Sinnerman:
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We didn’t soften the old chain. We reversed it. It is architecture, not activism — value, put back where it was taken from.

The back panel of a Blue Alibi canister, with its trace code

Craft is not heritage

Heritage is a museum word — a thing admired behind glass, safely in the past. What we protect is alive: the peeler’s hand, the maker’s knowledge, a skill passed down by people you could still go and meet, and fewer of them every year.

So we don’t sell you nostalgia. We show you the hand doing the work, we name the person, and we tell you how few are left.

Skill carries a price. Nostalgia doesn’t.

Five things we believe

If a thing doesn’t meet all five, it isn’t Sinnerman.

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In practice

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How you can tell

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The VOC crest above the Old Gate of Galle Fort, Anno MDCLXIX

You can check every word of this

The code on the side of every canister leads to the exact plantation, and the family who grew and peeled the bark that’s inside it. Not a region. Not a vibe. A name, a place, a face.

Scan it, or enter it at sinnerman.co/trace.

Real cinnamon, honestly sourced, fairly paid.
That’s all Sinnerman is.

Notes from the island

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Letters from the island, a few times a year.
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