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Cassia bark
Cassia bark is a common gin botanical; its volatile make-up depends on origin and variety.
Role
Common secondary botanical in gin.
In gin
Parr, Sutherland and Fisk (2024) list cassia bark, alongside cinnamon, among the botanicals commonly included in gin, and note that for cassia bark (as for cardamom, black pepper, elderflower and cinnamon) geographical origin and variety are known to influence its volatile composition.
How it connects
Style
- ingredient-of London gin (London dry gin)
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