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True cinnamon is the carefully prepared inner bark of Sri Lanka's Cinnamomum verum. Explore how its layered quills are made, how cinnamon differs from cassia and the skilled labour and colonial history behind the spice.

Nutmeg is the aromatic seed of Myristica fragrans, once wrapped in the scarlet aril that becomes mace. Explore its marbled interior, Banda Islands origin and extraordinary history as a valuable traded spice.