Sharing 8 ways to use your Philippine cinnamon leaves: as natural and healthful flavoring to dishes like adobo, humba, lechon and in boiled foods, tea (analgesic), steam inhalation (tuob), aromatic water mixed with alcohol, essential oil, aromatic water as facial moisturizer, aroma in steamed rice, and flavored water. Click pictures for procedures. Plant your own Philippine cinnamon at home or in the farm for your own food and medicine. Only 70 seedlings are available this week. Message us! #conservation#livelihood#health
This tea was made using Philippine cinnamon bark. However, leaves can also be used for tea. Here’s how: Boil 1 liter of water. Once water is boiling, lower fire, and drop 5 leaves (torn or crushed) and simmer for 5 minutes. The tea can be taken hot or cold.
Many thanks to DOST TUPV HIVE for funding the trip and to ever committed team Zapphire, Ramon, Cathy, TUPV Greg Crisostomo, PEMO, Negros Occidental Samuel Maja, and cinnamon farmers for their generosity. It was raining heavily the whole day, so it was very slippery. Buwis-buhay ang pagkuha ng pictures at dahon (taking pictures of the…
Healthful Tip:Try drinking Philippine cinnamon tea when eating kakanin or native delicacies. Studies have shown that cinnamon may help control blood sugar by making insulin efficient, moving glucose to cells. Be sure to plant your own Philippine cinnamon at home, as part of your container gardening, or in the ground, at home or in the…
Let’s bring back the Philippine cinnamon into our homes! Before the Spaniards came, cinnamon (Cinnamomum Mercadoi) was extensive in what is now known as Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Cinnamon is local! Here’s what it is called in various parts of Visayas and Mindanao. Be sure to plant your own cinnamon at home, in a pot…
Sharing bonsai ideas from internet for the Philippine cinnamon. Bonsai trees are treasures we can really pass on to future generations.Message us for the Philippine cinnamon kalingag seedlings, or if you are interested to have bonsai Philippine cinnamon. We are going to commission some bonsai work, and we can add you to the list. Be…
Building the #TeamPilipinasCinnamon. In a meeting yesterday with some agribusiness leaders, Phil cinnamon champion DOST Florena B. Samiano and Phil native trees champion Imelda Hernandez, it was brought up that it might be good if there is a national association for the Philippine cinnamon. The initial goals are to plant the Phil cinnamon, generate business,…
It is true that the Philippine cinnamon is most aromatic when it is fresh (green). 500 years after Pigafetta wrote this, we are glad that we could confirm that fresh cinnamon is the best! Please consider planting your own Philippine cinnamon at home or on the farm for your own food and medicine, and to…