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Cinnamon: Old, sweet spice that colours most kitchens

Cinnamon is also known as sweet wood and it is one of the oldest known spices. Though it can be lucrative, it is grown by a few farmers in Kenya. [iStock Photo]

Many kitchens have containers of cinnamon or raw cinnamon sticks. If you have ever handled a cinnamon stick, then you have had a peek at the dried bark of a cinnamon plant.

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