Our cinnamon tree is in full bloom
@allknowing (130066)
India
November 21, 2017 7:18pm CST
Our cinnamon tree is in full bloom. It blooms once a year just in time for Christmas to spread it's aroma around. The flowers have a strong smell but they do not smell like cinnamon.
The flowers will stay on for a couple of months and then there will be tiny black fruits which will fall to the ground ready to germinate when it starts raining. We have tiny saplings of last year - hundreds of them.
What's your Christmas aroma?
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
22 Nov 17
It is the bark of the tree that is scraped off, dried and then powdered.6 people like this
@JudyEv (325759)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Nov 17
@allknowing Oh the bark! Thanks for that! I didn't think of the bark.
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
22 Nov 17
Evergreens, pine trees are the traditional Christmas aroma out doors. Indoors it smells both sweet and savory, spices and good flavors everywhere.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
22 Nov 17
In other words Christmas is full of flavours
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@tzwrites (4835)
• Romania
22 Nov 17
@allknowing It is. I love the Christmas related scents.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
22 Nov 17
I didn't even know cinnamon was a tree. That's awesome
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@peachpurple (13884)
• Malaysia
22 Nov 17
Wow that is a huge tree, so how to get the cinnamon bark ?
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
22 Nov 17
That smell of burning wood is sure a great smell with snow piled up (lol)
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
23 Nov 17
Reading this you must be already in the Christmas mood
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@valmnz (17099)
• New Zealand
23 Nov 17
@allknowing not really. But I am in a summer mood.
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@1creekgirl (40515)
• United States
22 Nov 17
Pine greenery, cinnamon and apples and pumpkin everything!
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
22 Nov 17
Hope I have put you in a mood to planning for Xmas already now.
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@1creekgirl (40515)
• United States
22 Nov 17
@allknowing Yes, I'm closer to the holiday mood now.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
22 Nov 17
@Fleura Yes. The leaves have the same flavour
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
22 Nov 17
I use the leaves which smell great while cooking pork.
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@Fleura (29129)
• United Kingdom
22 Nov 17
@allknowing Do they have the same flavour?
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
22 Nov 17
The bark will smell when it is scraped off the trunk of the tree.. The flowers have a strong scent something like khus khus
@allknowing (130066)
• India
22 Nov 17
I have countless saplings. You can take any number (lol)
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
22 Nov 17
The bark is scraped off, dried and then powdered.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
22 Nov 17
@YrNemo Just scrape and retain the top layer, dry it and powder it.
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@YrNemo (20261)
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22 Nov 17
@allknowing Is it an easy process? (Can you do it yourself from your tree if you need some cinnamon for baking?)
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
22 Nov 17
Yes. It is the bark that brings you that powder and the flowers smell like khus khus.
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
22 Nov 17
Tree`s? Pine and cedars. Inside? me baking cookies.
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@allknowing (130066)
• India
22 Nov 17
We are still in November and I am sure this post would have brought you closer to Xmas
@dgobucks226 (34365)
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24 Nov 17
Very cool post! Thanks for the lesson on where cinnamon come from, I never thought about it before 
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