Monday, April 16, 2018

Ceylon Cinnamon as Spice

Posted on 2:05 AM by Leavla
About Cinnamon Cinnamon was one of the first traded spices of the ancient world. Cinnamon was a popular spice in the ancient Arab world and Arab traders have paved the way for Cinnamon to travel a long distance through the spice route to the Europen market. Cinnamon has motivated many historical voyages leading to discovery of New World by Christopher Columbus and Vasco De Gamma to Sri Lanka & South India. Ceylon Cinnamon (Cinamomum...
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Thursday, April 12, 2018

History of Ceylon Tea

Posted on 1:35 AM by Leavla
Tea has a rich and fascinating history. For hundreds of years people consumed tea for its medicinal qualities. More and more tea plats were discovered and tea drinking became more popular. All this paved the way to tea becoming one of the most sort after beverages around the globe.  Sri Lanka was introduced to tea much later. Until the 1860's the main crop produced in Sri Lanka was Coffee but in 1869 a fungus destroyed the crop...
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