THE SCENT STORY
From a fifteen-year-old cinnamon tree, harvested by farmers, then thirty more days drying in natural sun after being shaped in the mould, and one more day of sanding, comes a cinnamon cup with no two ever alike. Add to that the warm, spiced scent of cinnamon — a smell of childhood, when children shared bites of small pieces, tongues stinging, one of them with a runny nose, all of them still laughing together. Cinnamon runs through our food, through spiritual life and through East Asian feng shui: warm, spiced, deep...