@@artoruvidal2793 Yes, but since they are very small, you most likely could double the pay for the workers and the consumer in the west would barely notice it. But it would make a huge differnce for the people there.
*'' 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
He is paid. Maybe not much, but he's paid. people judge poverty with bias. Here in the United States most people have no idea what poor really is and they don't get it that not having a lot of fancy western gadets and possessions doesn't always mean you're unhappy or feel poor. Here even many homeless people own cars and cell phones and are considered poor. In many countries a family may not own a car and live very simply, but they're not in debt, have food and a bed, and are very happy. It's all relative to what you grew up with. I have a normal American life now, but when I was little I had no running water in my house, My toilet was outside in an outhouse (A hole in the ground), and I took baths in a metal tub filled with water we brought inside from an outdoor well and heated on the wood stove. Most Americans have never experienced that...but I was happy!
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.
@Mel Hawk bro you wont believe the smell, i am a carver and i have to say the wood is awesome,smells great but it sometimes chips off so it is harder to craft
I've noticed in many poverty stricken places tradition is what keeps many of them poor. Going into a field that gives little because your ancestors did it. Doesnt mean it's a bad choice, just depends which one youd rather have. Money or being able to carry on a legacy
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
@@dilankaseneviratne146 We don't use the export grade cinnamon for daily use mate. We use cheap cinnamon chips bi-product of cinnamon pill making process which does the same as the high grade pills. Well seems like you don't know about cinnamon industry in Sri Lanka, both peelers and farmers share 50-50 of the profit and they sell 1kg of cinnamon is around $10-15 (this was 4 or 5 years back) for local traders, cinnamon farmers and peelers are the richest among farming community and pretty sure they are richer than average government worker or virtusa software engineer.
The businessmen and middlemen are the ones spending a fortune to transport them around the world and bring them to market while the farmers just cut some bark
@@syndrome5372 I think you're overstating the part of the middlemen while severely undermining the role of the farmers. yes transports and risks involved in bringing the product to market is considerable (a fortune, really?) farmers have to put in a significant amount of work and take higher risks which could go in vain in bad weather or other issues. it's not like they stumble out the door and found some bark on a tree.. it takes work
@@MrBitviperit's not really overstating, since without the middle men the sticks just sit on a shelf in the farmers House and don't end up being sold worldwide. the split isn't "pay the farmers 23p and I keep the rest.", anyway. Out of every dollar, they have to pay multiple drivers (drivers pay and lorry upkeep), shipping(pay and upkeep), packaging (pay, factory upkeep and raw materials), they have to make deals with shops to get the cinnamon on the shelves etc (off the top of my head). complaining about the farmers only getting 23 p doesn't really mean anything at all unless we know how much everyone else in the chain is making, it just sounds low because we have nothing to compare it to. We don't even really know how far that money goes in his country, but he does seem to own a house and a fair bit of land to grow the trees on.
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...
@Out Of Context maybe, but there must be something that is stopping them from the thing called prosperity.. Or maybe the locals aren't paying them much for their work..
@@nekochan1840 I mean, as many already pointed out: That guy owns a house, a plantation and can feed his family (some said a peelers earnings are above the countries avergae). To conclude: I would say they're doing pretty fine relatively to their country.
The thing is yes it is expensive but you are forgeting costs of sorting it out at the facility, then the costs of transporting it and then costs of having it in store before its sold. In the end the profit of each person in that chain is actually not that much. Thats the thing with production and seling of products. You have all these aditional costs.
@@martinbudinsky8912 but you never know who's actually filling their pockets underservedly, most industries just abuse their workers just cause they don't know any better or they can't do anything about it one thing is for sure, it's terrible that the most backbreaking and crucial work is not rewarded in the slightest, especially when it's a dying craft If the supply chain is backwards then we got it so wrong, we need to buy local
@@acidset yo! There are almost zero living expenses in sri lanka, schools, universities,hospitals etc they are all free, So wages may be lower than the average american but they get payed well in sri lanka
@@vihansenalvi3002 all those free stuff come out of the pocket of the taxpayer, everyone in my family pays atleast 20% of income as direct income taxes. Then comes the taxes on properties and vehicles. Then lots of indirect taxes from even the most basic commodities. Even if you rent a house, the landlord has to pay a direct 10% tax over the usual property taxes. Then theres VAT, which is like an extra 15% charge on almost every transaction you make, whether it be paying your bills or buying an apartment.
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!
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!
They're more different rather than Ceylon being better. Ceylon has more citrus-y and floral notes, cassia tastes just like what you're used to cinnamon being
Yeah, i am from Sri Lanaka, I dont like other type of cinnamon , cassia. For the first time I tasted it i wondered what is this. Sri Lankan cinnamon is delicate and mild. We used to make our own , we had few trees in our backyard.
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.❤️❤️❤️
@@debodatta7398 There was NO genocide in Sri Lanka to be sad about. So wake up from your fantasy dream mate. All Sri Lankans are really happy that the war ended and terrorists were defeated
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'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.
it actually doesnt represent capitalism well. if the farmers knew how valuable they were, they could raise their prices because there is a lot of demand. What it shows is the lack of education these people receive, or perhaps the lack of self-worth, or maybe their humility. Whatever the reason may be, it's just not capitalism.
@@philipvargas478 You really think that those farmers have a freewill or choice to raise the prices! Lol. I guess you never live in a poor village or city! I think you should start to read the book "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man".
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
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!
it directly derived from the Sanskrit language, the only language in the world currently in use over 70% Sanskrit the rest pali, but the modern Singhalese has a bit of Portuguese and Dutch words
Yeah. Every time you come up in conversations, it's about how your government gave China a "99 year lease". There should be more stories about the isle of gems. 😣
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.
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!
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.
@Debo Datta first of all, our military did not rape or carried out genocides against north of srilanka. You should really learn about the problem that we had during 30 years. LTTE is a terrorist group, just like ISIS. There are no difference between them. LTTE killed their own people, They didn't represented tamil people. Actually they killed their own tamil people more than sinhales people. Please do not make assumptions based on media or news. Because, the diaspora is still out there and they are spreading fake news all over the world. Come to srilanka. And go to the north part. Ask locals about their experiences in the war time. They will tell you how the military help them and how cruel the LTTE was. I lived through a horrifying childhood. I almost lost my life to 2 bomb attacks. One was at colombo fort station and one in a bus. Colombo fort railway station bomb was aimed to kill school children. And it did it. So, you are saying killing innocent children is not a war crime?.. but killing a terrorist group is a war crime?? I dont know where you live, but i can definitely say you didn't experience such a horrifying childhood like me. So, do not make assumptions about situations that you didn't know anything about. Thank you!
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!
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.
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
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
@@debodatta7398 what is the problem with you .you just send same comments for all the sri lankan comment. If you judge something without knowing whole story your a narrow minded person specially i want to know where are from if this is the way your parent and your culture brought you up i am vey disappointed. * you don't know any thing until you experience *
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 ❤️
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.
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 😁.
@@debodatta7398 By "Genocide and mass rapes" you mean the 30 year long civil war we had with the malicious terrorist group called LTTE ? If yes, you're about a decade and a half too late to complain my friend 😂. LTTE was the people who did those horrendous acts, not the Sri Lankan army.The only thing our army did was fighting for freedom and trying to bring peace, which they did successfully :) ..... Keep your Salty complaint and false accusations to yourself, and another thing, if you have that impossible dream which makes you believe that you're going to rise up again, just keep in mind that it's never gonna happen and y'all just die trying 😂.Y'all be facing so much resistance because every Sri Lankan (including all the Tamil people) is going to stand against you and beat your ass, just like we did 12 years ago.....
I’m from Sri Lanka... I used to be proud that our Cinnamon is the best in the world. But now after realizing the hard work and the poverty of the peelers, I feel hurt... They need to be paid more
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.
@@insectbite1714 No? You cant grow this for example in colder or drier climates. So what you have written is quite a nonsense. I dare you to try growing plant shown in the video in Scandinavia or Egypt for example. Or even in flat in big city like London or New York. I would be really amused to watch you try.
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.
4:57 eventhough cassia can cause liver damage cassia still ends up on our supermarket and is labeled organic cinnamon. Good job fda and we're only talkin about cinnamon.
There is a big difference in taste. I have been using Ceylon cinnamon my whole life. I ran out of them and bought some from Safeway recently. I could immediately tell the difference. I was wondering why this particular cinnamon made me feel nauseous. Well now I know that it was cassia, not real cinnamon.
In that case you'd probably prefer cassia over ceylon. Cassia has a brighter flavor and goes much better in desserts. Ceylon is better in meat dishes since it's not overpowering.
I really meant to say fair trade. From what I've experienced, it's always meant better quality/care/love went into feeding/making/processing/fermenting. I've had my good and bad between brands, but whenever it was fair trade, the product was always inexplicably on a level higher. Navitas and Frontier Co-op have have been those eye opening things to what good cocoa powder and cinnamon is supposed to taste like. The quality is unmatched! ☺️💕
Actually I'm from Sri Lanka and I have lived in the states for a while. The cinnamon in the states doesn't taste anything like ceylon cinnamon. Ceylon cinnamon has a very nice taste too.
@@trapezius77 Ceylon cinnamon (real cinnamon) is only native to Sri Lanka and rarely in south India sometimes, other than that it’s all artificially cultivated elsewhere. Cinnamon was first discovered by the Europeans in Sri Lanka. I’m not counting cassia here, which is native to China, but it’s not as pure as Ceylon cinnamon.
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
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.
it’s incredibly sad seeing the owner at the end. he laughs off the pain of the fact that his business may die because of the lack of interest this generation has
Its a living quality to work involved issue. Just like how most Indian tribes in America rarely are 1/4 of native blood. Two issues here as well. Living quality and old ways ignored by younger people.
It's not really the pay. Most people in this area would move towards owning a small scale tea cultivation, which is easier to maintain have a good earn collectively with your family, while engaging in permanent profession
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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!
Ironically... Even after it being so expensive... Just see how poor the farmers are...
It is costly to produce
The profit margin is too small
Pretty much any industry unfortunately... especially if it’s international and an export to richer countries
@@artoruvidal2793 Yes, but since they are very small, you most likely could double the pay for the workers and the consumer in the west would barely notice it. But it would make a huge differnce for the people there.
@@latsouckmbodj4785 you don't know to read the title or what the farmers are from Sri Lanka
@@latsouckmbodj4785 they’re from srilanka
Noob😑
*'' 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.
Hmm maybe people having low wage i guess
I meant here in singapore ceylon cinnamon is cheap tbh
all the good money goes to the middle man
And ceylon is too expensive already.
well they r not poor, they earn decent moreover, everyone dosent need to live in american style homes to show wealth
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.
Come to Sumatera island. You will see cinnamon tree diameter 100 cm.
@@Alfredoalinoer it is not pure cinnamon. Only cassia grows all over the world. The pure cinnamon grows only in Sri Lanka.
@@Alfredoalinoer Cinnamon is an indigenous plant of Sri Lanka 🇱🇰
Agreed, Sri Lankans are proud people unlike their neighbor countries
Thank you for telling the truth.
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
He is paid. Maybe not much, but he's paid. people judge poverty with bias. Here in the United States most people have no idea what poor really is and they don't get it that not having a lot of fancy western gadets and possessions doesn't always mean you're unhappy or feel poor. Here even many homeless people own cars and cell phones and are considered poor. In many countries a family may not own a car and live very simply, but they're not in debt, have food and a bed, and are very happy. It's all relative to what you grew up with. I have a normal American life now, but when I was little I had no running water in my house, My toilet was outside in an outhouse (A hole in the ground), and I took baths in a metal tub filled with water we brought inside from an outdoor well and heated on the wood stove. Most Americans have never experienced that...but I was happy!
Thank you for the take. I was getting very annoyed with all the chatter about them being "poor". @@athenablack3839
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!
Feel the same bro
@Mel Hawk bro you wont believe the smell, i am a carver and i have to say the wood is awesome,smells great but it sometimes chips off so it is harder to craft
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but the farmers aren't paid enough that makes it sad
@Mel Hawk a pound would be enough for 4-5 years , you don't need to use it regularly ! it is the best cinnamon though
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.
@Baba Gandu It doesn’t matter who you’re working for if you’re barely making enough to afford a decent quality of life.
Because they have to eat!
I looked it up. A peeler makes a bit more than Sri Lanka Median wage.
Because its still probably one of the best paying jobs
I've noticed in many poverty stricken places tradition is what keeps many of them poor. Going into a field that gives little because your ancestors did it. Doesnt mean it's a bad choice, just depends which one youd rather have. Money or being able to carry on a legacy
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
They need to organize their own marketing and business to sell it themselves instead of through other people. Its easier now with internet
Middlemen make the most of the money I think.
Which means someone is taking advantage, if I'm correct 27 bucks translates to over 5,300 rupee in Sri Lanka per pound produced...
@@dilankaseneviratne146 We don't use the export grade cinnamon for daily use mate. We use cheap cinnamon chips bi-product of cinnamon pill making process which does the same as the high grade pills. Well seems like you don't know about cinnamon industry in Sri Lanka, both peelers and farmers share 50-50 of the profit and they sell 1kg of cinnamon is around $10-15 (this was 4 or 5 years back) for local traders, cinnamon farmers and peelers are the richest among farming community and pretty sure they are richer than average government worker or virtusa software engineer.
Government is robbing people and country for last 50 years that's why we are so poor in Asia...
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!
most of the profits stay with the businessmen and middlemen and not the peelers and the farmers
Always has been always will be
I used your same background a lot
The businessmen and middlemen are the ones spending a fortune to transport them around the world and bring them to market while the farmers just cut some bark
@@syndrome5372 I think you're overstating the part of the middlemen while severely undermining the role of the farmers. yes transports and risks involved in bringing the product to market is considerable (a fortune, really?) farmers have to put in a significant amount of work and take higher risks which could go in vain in bad weather or other issues. it's not like they stumble out the door and found some bark on a tree.. it takes work
@@MrBitviperit's not really overstating, since without the middle men the sticks just sit on a shelf in the farmers House and don't end up being sold worldwide. the split isn't "pay the farmers 23p and I keep the rest.", anyway. Out of every dollar, they have to pay multiple drivers (drivers pay and lorry upkeep), shipping(pay and upkeep), packaging (pay, factory upkeep and raw materials), they have to make deals with shops to get the cinnamon on the shelves etc (off the top of my head). complaining about the farmers only getting 23 p doesn't really mean anything at all unless we know how much everyone else in the chain is making, it just sounds low because we have nothing to compare it to. We don't even really know how far that money goes in his country, but he does seem to own a house and a fair bit of land to grow the trees on.
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...
@Out Of Context maybe, but there must be something that is stopping them from the thing called prosperity.. Or maybe the locals aren't paying them much for their work..
@@nekochan1840 I mean, as many already pointed out: That guy owns a house, a plantation and can feed his family (some said a peelers earnings are above the countries avergae). To conclude: I would say they're doing pretty fine relatively to their country.
@Out Of Context I don't think you understand economics as well as you think you do...
That's y kishan bill is important for farmers. It helps removing all middlemen.
@Out Of Context waiting for...? someone to explain shit to you? smh
Expensive yet the farmers still under poverty. This cruel and selfish world
The thing is yes it is expensive but you are forgeting costs of sorting it out at the facility, then the costs of transporting it and then costs of having it in store before its sold. In the end the profit of each person in that chain is actually not that much. Thats the thing with production and seling of products. You have all these aditional costs.
@@martinbudinsky8912 but you never know who's actually filling their pockets underservedly, most industries just abuse their workers just cause they don't know any better or they can't do anything about it
one thing is for sure, it's terrible that the most backbreaking and crucial work is not rewarded in the slightest, especially when it's a dying craft
If the supply chain is backwards then we got it so wrong, we need to buy local
@@acidset yo! There are almost zero living expenses in sri lanka, schools, universities,hospitals etc they are all free, So wages may be lower than the average american but they get payed well in sri lanka
@@vihansenalvi3002 all those free stuff come out of the pocket of the taxpayer, everyone in my family pays atleast 20% of income as direct income taxes. Then comes the taxes on properties and vehicles. Then lots of indirect taxes from even the most basic commodities.
Even if you rent a house, the landlord has to pay a direct 10% tax over the usual property taxes. Then theres VAT, which is like an extra 15% charge on almost every transaction you make, whether it be paying your bills or buying an apartment.
@@vihansenalvi3002 not all schools are free
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!
He's so humble 😌
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!
I agree!
is that thing really good? I always use the cassia type and always hate them
They're more different rather than Ceylon being better. Ceylon has more citrus-y and floral notes, cassia tastes just like what you're used to cinnamon being
Yeah, i am from Sri Lanaka, I dont like other type of cinnamon , cassia. For the first time I tasted it i wondered what is this. Sri Lankan cinnamon is delicate and mild. We used to make our own , we had few trees in our backyard.
@@sheedyaja6465 yes. The tast it’s very nice. Different than cassia, more subtile.
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.❤️❤️❤️
being sri lankan you should be sad to see the genocide and mass rapes carried out by the Sri Lankan army and government against the North...
@@kalanadamsarahiripitiya4828 well said bokka.🇱🇰💙
@@debodatta7398 Genocides ? U mean beating the terrorists right ?
@@debodatta7398 There was NO genocide in Sri Lanka to be sad about. So wake up from your fantasy dream mate. All Sri Lankans are really happy that the war ended and terrorists were defeated
@@magtazeum4071 buddhist countries in general seem to have problems with minorities - its the same everywhere 😂, now in Myanmar
I asked for this episode a couple months back and it’s here. Big respect to our Lankan farmers 🙏🏽
Thank u🇱🇰
@@rxndxm_mf861 I’m Lankan too 🙏🏽
@@zhuss941 oh ok, but isn't it a bit wierd to say Lankan than Sri Lankan
@@rxndxm_mf861 Lanka was the name used even before the British came
I have no 1 good quality cinnamon from Ceylon .
If you want to buy contact me please
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.
cinamon is related to passion and love in spirtuality .thats why you felt like overflowing emotions
I’ve just ordered some Ceylon cinnamon based on your description of it xx
Where one can buy this cinnamon the real one not fake . Please help
You are a true storyteller. ❤️
Funny, but yes great food can have that kind of effect on us all that love our food.
Proud to be a sirlankan Masha Allah
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.
"Cinnamon prices are like pepper... it's something to sneeze at."
But the hard work that goes into this work deserves well due respect.
Que, drums & syllable lol
LOL LMFAOOOO
I have no 1 good quality cinnamon from Ceylon .
If you want to buy contact me please
Purple
So is every other job.
As a native, I Can confirm that the translations were on point! 👍🏽
I have no 1 good quality cinnamon from Ceylon .
If you want to buy contact me please
Thank you!
All of this “so expensive” series just taught me one thing, it represent the capitalism very well.
Cinammon would not exist outside Sri Lanka if not for capitalism
@@maddyg3208 It would exist! I got a cinnamon tree in my yard. I am nowhere near Sri Lanka either.
@@alilabeebalkoka except you probably have that tree because of capitalism
it actually doesnt represent capitalism well. if the farmers knew how valuable they were, they could raise their prices because there is a lot of demand. What it shows is the lack of education these people receive, or perhaps the lack of self-worth, or maybe their humility. Whatever the reason may be, it's just not capitalism.
@@philipvargas478
You really think that those farmers have a freewill or choice to raise the prices! Lol.
I guess you never live in a poor village or city!
I think you should start to read the book "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man".
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
Who else loves this so expensive series?
i do
Me
Me too. It reminds me of how poor I am :'D
@@kanduyog1182 i-
@@kanduyog1182 uR pFp is gonna make me act up
As a Fellow Sri Lankan I'm so proud that our local farmers hard labour , being recognised in the global market
being sri lankan you should be sad to see the genocide and mass rapes carried out by the Sri Lankan army and government against the North...
I dont see the sri lankan farmer on the label
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!
Technically they aren't "cut down" as in destroyed. They are more like branching shrubs, and harvesting is more like selective pruning.
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 your kind words. I'm a Sri Lankan and the language spoken here is "Sinhala". Unfortunately it's a dying language
it directly derived from the Sanskrit language, the only language in the world currently in use over 70% Sanskrit the rest pali, but the modern Singhalese has a bit of Portuguese and Dutch words
The Language is Sinhala which only used by Sri Lankans.
Not surprised the U.S. doesn't regulate cassia cinnamon.
The roots are more potent than the branch barks. And trust me, they are soo good 😌
ok internet stranger, i'll trust you just because you said so
@@s3kemo same, stranger
@@s3kemo same, stranger
That smug face at the end really ads verisimilitude to your claim /s
Source : trust me dude
This man seems so passionate about his craft. His whole face lights up!
everyone is talking about the indian farmer crisis but this is shot in sri lanka
What is your point? They are two entirely different unrelated things?
@Edu Exam I so agree with you sir!
@@EatMyShortsAU
Thanks. Those two r trying to fish in the troubled water. Supporters of indian gov. Who doesn't want to leave sl alone.
@Edu Exam chaddi spotted
@@masochistboy653 that's what my autistic cousin would reply
Best of the best! Freshly baked Cinnamon Rolls made from authentic Sri Lankan cinnamon + Sri Lankan tea on a cold winter evening = no comparison.
Every Sri Lankan is really proud when someone talks about Sri Lanka cause we are like forgotten in the maps 🗺
Yeah. Every time you come up in conversations, it's about how your government gave China a "99 year lease". There should be more stories about the isle of gems. 😣
Youre not forgotten.
@@bellezavudd thanks 🙏
Ceylon produces the best cinnamon and black pepper. Cinnamon is heavenly. Always love it.
Have you Heard of place called Kerala? Where Spice trade started?
Ceylon has spices, jewels, and gold. Why do you think the British empire was so interested in this country.
@@davehenderson3739 No gold but jewels
@@chamilajla Yes they have gold, they sell gold chains etc.
@@davehenderson3739 I'm a Sri Lankan. We don't have gold mines. Sri Lanka is popular for jewels. Especially blue sapphire.
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.
How do you feel today now that the country has collapsed due to your own "green new deal" set in motion by outside influence?
Remember kids, that the people who make expensive food is really hardworking!
Hard working and almost starving
Extremely hard working and severely underpaid.
Wow. Now I understand why. Never knew the process is this tedious. Love Ceylon cinnamon.
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!
I can send cinnamon
YES! ANOTHER SO EXPENSIVE VID! I'm sad that these people aren't getting paid for their hardwork
Yep... Of course.. that's the reality of all industries we have to face in Sri Lanka, not enough payment for anything... even Ceylon tea... from 🇱🇰🤞
It’s a combination of the remnants of colonialism and capitalism. No one who deserves the money gets it.
@@fairyonice9504 it’s not capitalism
This man should be living in better conditions
Well it's the case for most farmers in our country. They barely get any of the profit.
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.
Very interesting. Thank you and God bless!
being sri lankan you should be sad to see the genocide and mass rapes carried out by the Sri Lankan army and government against the North...
@Debo Datta first of all, our military did not rape or carried out genocides against north of srilanka. You should really learn about the problem that we had during 30 years. LTTE is a terrorist group, just like ISIS. There are no difference between them. LTTE killed their own people, They didn't represented tamil people. Actually they killed their own tamil people more than sinhales people.
Please do not make assumptions based on media or news. Because, the diaspora is still out there and they are spreading fake news all over the world. Come to srilanka. And go to the north part. Ask locals about their experiences in the war time. They will tell you how the military help them and how cruel the LTTE was. I lived through a horrifying childhood. I almost lost my life to 2 bomb attacks. One was at colombo fort station and one in a bus. Colombo fort railway station bomb was aimed to kill school children. And it did it. So, you are saying killing innocent children is not a war crime?.. but killing a terrorist group is a war crime?? I dont know where you live, but i can definitely say you didn't experience such a horrifying childhood like me. So, do not make assumptions about situations that you didn't know anything about. Thank you!
@@neranjanviduranga9684 ignore him . He's just a clowns who keeps copy pasting the same comment everywhere .
@@buddimalliyanapathirana1767 Yeah. I noticed that. But i had to say something.
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!
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
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.
Yes lam Indian but I🙏🙏🙏🙏 respect all farmer
It's been Sri Lanka for decades. And they got some great spices too.
It's just the name of the Cinnamon, just like Ceylon Tea, named after the country of origin, idiot. Everybody knows Ceylon is Sri Lanka now.
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
Just hats off this to hard-working farmers and best wishes for him.
May God bless Sri Lanka
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
I can send cinnamon
When your favourite series features your country💃
May all these workers have a happy, healthy and prosperous life 💚
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.
being sri lankan you should be sad to see the genocide and mass rapes carried out by the Sri Lankan army and government against the North...
What about farmers being abused
@@debodatta7398 what is the problem with you .you just send same comments for all the sri lankan comment. If you judge something without knowing whole story your a narrow minded person specially i want to know where are from if this is the way your parent and your culture brought you up i am vey disappointed. * you don't know any thing until you experience *
@@debodatta7398 What you are doing is destroying a beautiful nation and its people of all races I hope you will be happy after it all becomes dust
Backpackers! The scourge of any country who invite tourism.
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 ❤️
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.
First comment from Ceylon ♥️♥️♥️
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 😁.
being sri lankan you should be sad to see the genocide and mass rapes carried out by the Sri Lankan army and government against the North...
@@debodatta7398 By "Genocide and mass rapes" you mean the 30 year long civil war we had with the malicious terrorist group called LTTE ?
If yes, you're about a decade and a half too late to complain my friend 😂. LTTE was the people who did those horrendous acts, not the Sri Lankan army.The only thing our army did was fighting for freedom and trying to bring peace, which they did successfully :) .....
Keep your Salty complaint and false accusations to yourself, and another thing, if you have that impossible dream which makes you believe that you're going to rise up again, just keep in mind that it's never gonna happen and y'all just die trying 😂.Y'all be facing so much resistance because every Sri Lankan (including all the Tamil people) is going to stand against you and beat your ass, just like we did 12 years ago.....
@@debodatta7398 bro shut up. I saw you already in another comment section. Stop spreading lies and get a life
@@vidurachamathka2317 hello dear ca you send me your whats app number please i am from Egypt and want to com to sri lanka to buy cinnamon
@@muhammadghidan4149 Do you want cyelon cinnamon
ලංකාවේ st එකට මේක දාන්නේ,ප්රොඋඩ් අරකයි මේකයි කියල මෙකේ දාලා නෝන්ඩි වෙන්න එපා...සුද්දෝ ඔක්කොම කියලා තියෙන්නේ මේවා මෙච්චර ගනන් නන්,මේ මිනිස්සු මෙච්චර දුප්පත් මොකද කියලා....ඒ අපේ දේශපාලනය නිසා,අවුරුදු ගානක්ම අපි ගන්න එකම මෝඩ තීරණය නිසා.ඒ හින්දා නිකන් proud,ceylon කියලා දාලා නෝන්ඩි වෙන්න එපා,සුද්දෝ අපිට පුකෙන් හිනා වෙනවා.............රටක් විදිහට සෝමාලියාව වගේ නොන්ඩි නොවෙන්න මෙච්චර දිගට තේරුම් ගන්න ලිව්වේ 😊.. ඔබ තුමාලා තුමියලගේ කැමැත්තක් ..🥂🖤
I’m from Sri Lanka... I used to be proud that our Cinnamon is the best in the world. But now after realizing the hard work and the poverty of the peelers, I feel hurt... They need to be paid more
Cinnamon tea is one if the best teas ever.
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.
Good job
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.
Which 99% people can't afford
@@7209892894 Which 99% of people can grow at home
@@insectbite1714 No? You cant grow this for example in colder or drier climates. So what you have written is quite a nonsense. I dare you to try growing plant shown in the video in Scandinavia or Egypt for example. Or even in flat in big city like London or New York. I would be really amused to watch you try.
The smile of the peeler makes me calm and smile back
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.
4:57 eventhough cassia can cause liver damage cassia still ends up on our supermarket and is labeled organic cinnamon. Good job fda and we're only talkin about cinnamon.
There is a big difference in taste. I have been using Ceylon cinnamon my whole life. I ran out of them and bought some from Safeway recently. I could immediately tell the difference. I was wondering why this particular cinnamon made me feel nauseous. Well now I know that it was cassia, not real cinnamon.
I find it ironic that I just finished eating a couple of cinnamon buns before I got a notification for this video.
Mmmm, cinnabon...
In that case you'd probably prefer cassia over ceylon. Cassia has a brighter flavor and goes much better in desserts. Ceylon is better in meat dishes since it's not overpowering.
Why is it ironic? You mean it was a coincidence.
Almost nobody uses real cinnamon. The stuff from the store is actually other plants
Yep, the stuff I find in the stores are saw dust.
It still does taste great, so we don't need that expensive stuff
Like vanilla, we don't need expensive
@@pat_mueller if the end product is the same, i wouldn't mind. but it's not
It’s almost like they went over hay in the video...
@@nbaumann89 nah its about cinnamon not hay
What's sad is that even though it is expensive because it is labor intensive, those workers probably don't even get paid half of what they deserve!
People often forget all the work that goes into our food before it even gets to the supermarket much less our table.
After seeing how it is made, I would gladly pay the higher price for fair trade produce. It certainly tastes better! ☺️🌎
There's no point paying a higher price when the money will still be going to the middle man.
I really meant to say fair trade. From what I've experienced, it's always meant better quality/care/love went into feeding/making/processing/fermenting. I've had my good and bad between brands, but whenever it was fair trade, the product was always inexplicably on a level higher. Navitas and Frontier Co-op have have been those eye opening things to what good cocoa powder and cinnamon is supposed to taste like. The quality is unmatched! ☺️💕
Sri lankans seeing their country represented be like
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I am Sri Lankan. Ceylon cinnamon is the best. I always take Sri Lankan spices with me when I leave Sri Lanka.
I'm exporting ceylone cinnamon if you interest dm
@@mixstationex1501I would like to buy
The moral is, buy the real thing, not the Chinese fake stuff
Just like garlic. Chinese garlic is bleached
I love this ladies voice in all of these videos
Thanks for the information from this day forward I will seek out only Ceylon cinnamon to purchase.
Actually I'm from Sri Lanka and I have lived in the states for a while. The cinnamon in the states doesn't taste anything like ceylon cinnamon. Ceylon cinnamon has a very nice taste too.
Me being Sri Lankan, I actually didn’t know cinnamon was only native to Sri Lanka lol
No one said it is only native to Sri Lanka. Where did you hear that?
@@trapezius77 Ceylon cinnamon (real cinnamon) is only native to Sri Lanka and rarely in south India sometimes, other than that it’s all artificially cultivated elsewhere. Cinnamon was first discovered by the Europeans in Sri Lanka. I’m not counting cassia here, which is native to China, but it’s not as pure as Ceylon cinnamon.
I had no idea this was how cinnamon was harvested. That’s crazy! Why don’t they teach us these things??
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
These people should be rewarded and this is the reason I have established my Cinnamon Export company called Mahawila Export Pvt Ltd to tackle poverty.
This show seems to be "everything you consume is usually made by slaves, so when something isn't 2 dollars, you think it's expensive"
Sad to see the farmers and peelers of most expensive cinnamon, living in poverty! I’m ashamed as a Sri Lankan…
Don't be ashamed, its the buyers fault for taking advantage of the farmers.
So I have been enjoying saw dust on my food all this time? Still love it.
I bought a jar of 4 Ceylon cinnamon sticks for £1 in my super market
That is amazing knowledge. Thank you. I learned something today.
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.
♥️♥️♥️♥️
being sri lankan you should be sad to see the genocide and mass rapes carried out by the Sri Lankan army and government against the North...
Proud to be a sri lanka ❤
ලංකාවෙ ගැම්මක් තමා...❤
We also grow cinnamon in our house👌
I never, ever, ever knew cinnamon was a tree bark!! Wow. I always thought it grew underground as some kind of root!
Well now you know!!
Respect to all these people sacrificing for others
Ugh, it’s probably so fragrant there 🥺 reminds me of Christmas
it’s incredibly sad seeing the owner at the end. he laughs off the pain of the fact that his business may die because of the lack of interest this generation has
Its a living quality to work involved issue. Just like how most Indian tribes in America rarely are 1/4 of native blood. Two issues here as well. Living quality and old ways ignored by younger people.
It's not really the pay. Most people in this area would move towards owning a small scale tea cultivation, which is easier to maintain have a good earn collectively with your family, while engaging in permanent profession
Kids these days, never support the dying arts.
@@davehenderson3739 Probably because you need to live. Dedicating your life to something that puts you in a card board box isnt worth it.
@@1014p Let me guess, you're a kid.
5:12 - Hey, I just bought that exact same bottle of cinnamon at Sam’s Club a couple days ago…
As a Bangladeshi we eat too much cinnamon. But never realized that's so expensive.😲
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You probably have the cheaper Chinese/Indonesian variety there, as in most of the world.
Proud to be a Sri Lankan. Love from London x
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 will never buy cassia cinnamon because I don't want to liver damage.
"It costs so much to produce"
Not really if the farmers aren't actually getting payed what they should...
Slaute to all these farmers . Who never fail to provide us with food ♥️♥️
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!
Cassia tastes better but Ceylon has health benefits.