Ironically... Even after it being so expensive... Just see how poor the farmers are...

*'' there´s also a shortage of cinnamon peelers''* meanwhile the actual the peelers living under extreme poverty conditions. I wonder the cause of the shortage... Edit: For all you internet warriors out there who are calling me ignorant for saying that the cinnamon peeler lives in poverty, let me tell you that Dilhani Dissanayake is a researcher who has portrayed the almost slave-like conditions in which cinnamon peelers live. So before you start spewing insults at me, maybe you should educate yourselves on the harsh realities that these people face every day.

My wife and I visited one of the cinnamon production farms in Sri Lanka. It was absolutely incredible. The fresh scents in the island country's warm humid air was so uniquely unforgettable. The Sri Lankan people are very gracious and welcoming. The common workers there deserve so much better for their time, skill, and spirit.

2:10 just look at how happy he is He is poor, not paid enough for his services, but loves his job And perhaps being asked for this interview was a matter of great pride for him. Sharing your expertise about what you love is perhaps the greatest joy this world has to offer

most of the profits stay with the businessmen and middlemen and not the peelers and the farmers

It's clear to see the peelers aren't the ones who are making the big money. So why the hell would the children be interested in learning how to do it.

Sri Lanka is a really beautiful country and its people are very sweet and peaceful. I went there in 2019 as a tourist and it was one such memorable trip.

Switched from the cassia cinnamon to Ceylon cinnamon a few years ago (the ground kind as I don’t have much use for whole quills) it definitely smells better and has a more complex flavor than the cheaper cassia.

Being a Sri Lankan, I'm really sad to see the real life conditions of the farmers,though cinnamon is sold for big prices!

Ceylon really is much better! I didn’t really like cinnamon until I had it. Where cassia is sort of hot and intense, Ceylon is mild and sweet. It’s amazing!

Being a Srilankan I never knew it was this hard to grow. The next time I buy it, I will know the hard work gone into it.

May God bless the lives of Ceylon cinnamon farmers and peelers this day onwards!

It's funny that Ceylon cinnamon is being labelled expensive in foreign counties, whereas as Sri Lankan locals like us get them for really cheap prices and also experience how underpaid the farmers are for the money these spices fetch abroad

I'm from Ceylon🇱🇰 and this is my village as well. It's happy to see my most favourite place in this kind of video.❤️ when I watch this, I'm gone to my childhood.❤️❤️❤️

He's so humble 😌

Best of the best! Freshly baked Cinnamon Rolls made from authentic Sri Lankan cinnamon + Sri Lankan tea on a cold winter evening = no comparison.

Shame on the middleman who sells the quills at $27 but doesn't even give the cinnamon peelers the true value of money they deserve for their intense hardwork..This is cheap exploitation and it needs to be stopped!!! This is an art and artists must be respected...

Expensive yet the farmers still under poverty. This cruel and selfish world

There is such a huge difference between "regular" (cassia) cinnamon, Saigon cinnamon, and Ceylon cinnamon. I did a taste test on some rice pudding and by a massive landslide, Ceylon was the best. It really is THAT big of a difference. I highly recommend trying it!

Every time a have my tea with little pieces of cinnamon I think about the work this people do and the long distances from Sri Lanka to Chile

"Cinnamon prices are like pepper... it's something to sneeze at." But the hard work that goes into this work deserves well due respect.

I asked for this episode a couple months back and it’s here. Big respect to our Lankan farmers 🙏🏽

Wow. Now I understand why. Never knew the process is this tedious. Love Ceylon cinnamon.

These documentaries are great :D really great for showing the hardship, unfortunatly it doesn't really show how little the farmer earn. Great job :)

I'm from Srilanka and its great privilege to see the magic of cinnamon in my country although the government should encourage and propose new type of development in order to export more in foreign countries.

As a native, I Can confirm that the translations were on point! 👍🏽

Amazing. I moan about the cost of buying cinnamon quills, but now after watching this I will be more appreciative of the labour that goes into making these flavoursome quills

Thanx 4 the nice info.

Who else loves this so expensive series?

I thought cinnamon was harvested from the bark of living trees without having to cut them down. I learned something today. Ceylon cinnamon is the best!

That is amazing knowledge. Thank you. I learned something today.

I learned something new. Thanks for sharing

The roots are more potent than the branch barks. And trust me, they are soo good 😌

This man seems so passionate about his craft. His whole face lights up!

Ugh, it’s probably so fragrant there 🥺 reminds me of Christmas

Wow! I am glad I stumbled upon this video. I use cinnamon all the time and it is important that I know which is which as I carry both in whole form to make fresh cinnamon powder as needed. Seeing the farmers so hard at work to produce high quality cinnamon makes me appreciate the art of cinnamon production and distribution even more. I'll be sharing this resource with my audience; I believe they'll find it very useful!

As a Fellow Sri Lankan I'm so proud that our local farmers hard labour , being recognised in the global market

Ceylon produces the best cinnamon and black pepper. Cinnamon is heavenly. Always love it.

Just hats off this to hard-working farmers and best wishes for him. May God bless Sri Lanka

Thanks for the information from this day forward I will seek out only Ceylon cinnamon to purchase.

i feel proud of being a Sri Lankan. it has many more valuable commodities just like cinnamon. but can't help feeling sad about the living condition of those workers who provide us with such valuables.

It's been Sri Lanka for decades. And they got some great spices too.

We have couple of Ceylones Cinnamon trees in our garden. Vanilla, Black pepper and Lemon Grass and bunch of other herbs and spices too.. My mom just pick them whenever she needs ❤️

How blessed are these skillful peoples..so pleasing to see non complaining hard workers witb so much to give from their hearts while having so little...i believe we can learn from them in USA!

everyone is talking about the indian farmer crisis but this is shot in sri lanka

YES! ANOTHER SO EXPENSIVE VID! I'm sad that these people aren't getting paid for their hardwork

I cannot understand what he means when he speaks in Sri Lankan but it sounds like the most beautiful language ever. Such poetic sounds

Thank you for that sharing.

This man should be living in better conditions

I love caring and dedicated these farmers are.

After seeing how it is made, I would gladly pay the higher price for fair trade produce. It certainly tastes better! ☺️🌎

This is one of my favourite channel 💞

They should deserve much more for their hard work... being a Sri Lanakn, I feel really sorry of the life of these innocent farmer. Hope this kind of awareness raise the attention of reponsible authorities to provide these farmers more facilites and support for better life.

Remember kids, that the people who make expensive food is really hardworking!

Every Sri Lankan is really proud when someone talks about Sri Lanka cause we are like forgotten in the maps 🗺

for those who didn't understand when they said "Expensive" it does not mean the farmer or any one of them take all the profit you have : 1- the famer 2- the cutting and packing company 3- the local shipping company "that ship the products from the main city to the location of the international shipping company which can be longer then 500 km or more in another city for example , it depends , 4- the international shipping company that ship it from country A to B through the ( seaport / airport ) 5- the customs fees in the ( seaport / Airport ) A and B 6 - the trucks shipping company after the products received in country B to deliver it to your city to Warehouses 7- the shipping trucks that take it from the Warehouses to the local shops in every neighborhood 8- the shop that gonna take a small amount of profit as well each one of those take a small amount of profits people in Europe and US have to be thankful that this things are reaching them in the first place with that small price they could ask for double the price if they want and if you don't like this prices go plant it yourself instead of sleeping in your pajama and complaining and u'll see how much sweat you gonna throw and how many years around 5 years to start seeing a result and how much experience it needed just to grow the tree without diseases let alone producing cinnamon from it with such high quality

aah , thanks for bring up my country , for a long period i have been waiting for this

When your favourite series features your country💃

Very valuable information. These people are hard working and live honest life.🙏

I was confused between cassia and Ceylon cinnamon; thank you for the video👍🏽

The smile of the peeler makes me calm and smile back

I'm from Sri Lanka and if y'all could find the left over wood or straight out the branches of the cinnamon tree, use them to smoke some meat or to make a BBQ.I guarantee you that it will be the best meat you ever tasted+smelled. And when we were teenagers, we (my friends) used to smoke in secret, and to get rid of the harsh order coming from our breath, they used to chew on small cinnamon branches or cinnamon leaves, and it makes all that bad breath disappear, it's that sweet 😁.

I hope this meets their needs It seems that it would be very satisfying and sustainable

Incredible video that shows at the 5:00 point in this video that the cheap Cassia cinnamon contains 1,000 times more coumarin, which with high consumption can cause liver damage, whereas the real Ceylon/Shi Lanka cinnamon has 1,000 times less coumarin. I just found out about the amazing benefits of cinnamon this week and threw out the cassia and will be consuming a lot of real cinnamon from Ceylon.

These cinnamon workers must be paid well. Good work. God bless them.

Sri Lanka is an amazingly fun and scenic country to travel around with a backpack. The train rides, mountains, beaches, food and culture is unmatched.

I love this ladies voice in all of these videos

now I know why my mother never let me take pieces of the cinnamon quills we kept in a big plastic jar for my cup of tea and had me use ground cassia instead 😅 I had no idea how much work people put in to produce real cinnamon!

May all these workers have a happy, healthy and prosperous life 💚

This channel will have either in every video: 1: it's expensive because it's rare 2: it's expensive because it's made by extremely poor people and sold by very rich people

Proud to be a sirlankan Masha Allah

I had no idea this was how cinnamon was harvested. That’s crazy! Why don’t they teach us these things??

Now I need to go find this cinnamon and try it out!

I find it ironic that I just finished eating a couple of cinnamon buns before I got a notification for this video. Mmmm, cinnabon...

THANK U DEAR DR. LOVE U :)

People often forget all the work that goes into our food before it even gets to the supermarket much less our table.

Nature is amazing. It provides all the medicines we need. Cinnamon is one of the most powerful antioxidants to use. It has enormous health benefits. We MUST BE SO GRATEFUL to these PEOPLE who work so hard to provide us with all the spices, herbs, etc. These are the real nature medicines. We must appreciate all the things we have because someone put a lot of work to produce/harvest them. Just stop and think about it. Then you will realise how grateful and appreciative we must be.

I'm a Srilankan. We have two cinnamon plants in our garden and my dad cut down those two every year. He is not skilled like this man but he makes enough cinnamon for entire year. Just two trees worth of cinnamon is more than enough for our family. And the good thing is, the tree does not die. It grows quickly and can be used to make cinnamon again and again.

My friend is a chef and he made brioche cinnamon rolls with Ceylon cinnamon and it was the best thing I’ve ever tasted BY FAR, nothing can even compare. I’m normally pretty reserved but when I tasted it I interrupted the dinner conversation to rave about them for at least 3 minutes. Have you ever tasted something so good that it becomes an emotional experience? Because that’s what happened to me, at one point I felt like I could start sobbing tears of joy and I swear I’m not kidding. It was genuinely on the level of a first sexual experience or even your child being born. When I left that night he gave me a few rolls to take home and I was devouring them before I even got out of the elevator.

I never, ever, ever knew cinnamon was a tree bark!! Wow. I always thought it grew underground as some kind of root!

First comment from Ceylon ♥️♥️♥️

5:12 - Hey, I just bought that exact same bottle of cinnamon at Sam’s Club a couple days ago…

Anazing knowledge to learn,feel thank you so much be blessed by devine

Kudos to these cinnamon farmers...we are proud of them

Well this answered a long held question, I never bothered to look up... Thx! *the difference between the two types of cinnamon

So I have been enjoying saw dust on my food all this time? Still love it.

Sad to see the farmers and peelers of most expensive cinnamon, living in poverty! I’m ashamed as a Sri Lankan…

My mom brings back Ceylon Cinnamon from Mexico all the time. I had no idea it was this labor intensive or that the stuff here in the states is fake. Really makes me appreciate it more. It's great for some Mexican style coffee, just boil coffee grounds straight in a pot, with cinnamon stick, and add sugar (sometimes tequila too for little kick) it's good stuff.

That work must smell amazing

In a world of mass industrial produced food, it's great to be reminded there are plenty of naturally grown, high quality options out there.

KZfaq is Awesome 👌🏻 always Wondered where and how it was Made 💯👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿✌🏻

Thank you and blessings.

Almost nobody uses real cinnamon. The stuff from the store is actually other plants

Slaute to all these farmers . Who never fail to provide us with food ♥️♥️

I buy Ceylon cinnamon here in Cambodia, I only use a big pinch a day with Turmeric, black pepper and honey. I consider it cheap seeing what they go through to produce it. Much love and respect to the Farmers ,thanks for making it. I would be willing to pay more if more money would go to the farmers

All of this “so expensive” series just taught me one thing, it represent the capitalism very well.

Sri lankans seeing their country represented be like \0o0/

Sri Lanka has the best spices, tea, coconut, and a lot of agricultural products. We make the food with a lot of care and unique top quality standards. Most of the food are superfoods.

Respect to all these people sacrificing for others

Fantastic 👍