Cinnamon
Contents
Basics
- A Spice derived from the dried bark of Cinnamomum Trees
- Essentially harvested in a manner similar to Short Rotation Coppice woody biomass farming
- Harvesting is not very mechanized as of now
Ceylon vs Cassia Cinnamon
Harvest Process
- Tree Pruning (ie harvest of branches)
- Basic Peeling
- "Cinnamon Rubbing" and production of the final rolls
- Drying+Packaging/Shipping
Automation/Mechanization
Automation/Mechanization of the Rubbing Process
- A Video by the YouTube Channel "Department of Mechanical Engineering, USJ" Titled "FEATURED Undergraduate Final Year Project - Cinnamon Bark Peeling Machine" ( ~5 Min Watch )
- A Video by the YouTube Channel "Prathap Jayasooriya" Titled "Cinnamon inner bark peeling machine intro." ( ~5 Min Watch ) (Seems to be a repost by one of the students)
Internal Links
External Links
- The Wikipedia Page on Cinnamon
- A Video by the YouTube Channel "Noel Farm" Titled "World's Most expensive bark - Cinnamon harvesting and processing - Cinnamon tree cultivation" ( ~8 Min Watch)
- A Video by the YouTube Channel "Business Insider" Titled "Why Ceylon Cinnamon Is So Expensive | So Expensive" ( ~6 Min Watch)
- A Video by the YouTube Channel "The Survival Gardening Channel with David The Good" Titled "Harvesting and Processing Cinnamon" (~9 Min Watch)
- The University of Ruhuna Department of Agricultural Engineering Page on their Cinnamon Mechanization Projects
