Our story
From Sri Lankan soil, straight to your global doorstep.
Guruge Cinnamon is a Sri Lankan family business from Hikkaduwa. We grow, harvest, and grade true Ceylon cinnamon the way our grandparents did — by hand, without shortcuts — and ship it to kitchens and warehouses around the world.
Cut at first light.
Mature stems are selected and cut by hand in the cool morning hours, when the bark lifts cleanly from the wood. Nothing is machine-stripped; every branch is judged by eye and by three generations of experience.
Peeled and rolled by hand.
Within hours of harvest the outer bark is scraped away and the fragrant inner bark is peeled in paper-thin layers, rolled into the layered quills Sri Lanka is famous for, and left to dry slowly in the shade.
Sorted quill by quill.
Dried quills are graded by thickness and colour — Alba, C5, C4 — then cut, bundled, and checked again. Powder is milled fresh from selected quills, never from floor sweepings.
Farm to buyer, documented.
Every batch leaves Hikkaduwa with its paperwork: origin, grade, and processing records. Whether it is a single gift box or a full container, you know exactly where your cinnamon grew.
Cinnamon is not a commodity to us. It is the work of our family's hands, three generations deep.
— The Guruge family, Hikkaduwa
Taste the difference of true Ceylon.
Browse the collection, or come see the estate for yourself — the kettle is always on.