Anthu akhala akusangalala ndi sinamoni kwa zaka masauzande ambiri, kuyambira cha m'ma 2000 BC. Aigupto ankaugwiritsa ntchito poumitsa mitembo, ndipo sinamoni amatchulidwanso m’Chipangano Chakale. Umboni wina umatsimikizira kuti sinamoni inalipo m'dziko lonse lakale, ndipo idabweretsedwa ku Ulaya, komwe idatchuka kwambiri ndi amalonda achiarabu. Nthano imanena kuti mfumu ya Roma Nero anawotcha sinamoni yake yonse pa maliro a mkazi wake wachiŵiri, Poppea Sabina, kuti atetezere kuloŵerera kwake pa imfa yake.
Arabu ankanyamula zonunkhirazo kudzera m’njira zovuta zapamtunda, zomwe zinapangitsa kuti zikhale zodula komanso zoperewera. Choncho, kukhalapo kwa sinamoni m'nyumba kungakhale chizindikiro cha udindo ku Ulaya ku Middle Ages. Patapita nthawi, magulu apakati a anthu anayamba kuyesetsa kupeza zinthu zapamwamba zomwe poyamba zinkapezeka kwa anthu apamwamba okha. Sinamoni anali chakudya chofunika kwambiri chifukwa ankagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati chosungira nyama. Ngakhale zidapezeka paliponse, chiyambi cha sinamoni chinali chinsinsi chachikulu pakati pa amalonda achi Arabu mpaka kumayambiriro kwa zaka za zana la XNUMX. Pofuna kuti malonda a sinamoni apitirizebe kutero, amalonda achiluyawa ankawafotokozera nkhani zosiyanasiyana zokhudza mmene amapezera zonunkhirazo. Imodzi mwa nthano zimenezi inali nkhani ya mmene mbalame zinkanyamulira timitengo ta sinamoni m’milomo yawo n’kupita nazo ku zisa zomwe zili pamwamba pa mapiri, njira imene ndi yovuta kwambiri kuigonjetsa. Malinga ndi nkhaniyi, anthu anasiya zidutswa za cape kutsogolo kwa zisa, kotero kuti mbalame zinayamba kuzisonkhanitsa. Mbalamezi zikakokera nyama yonse m’chisa, imalemera n’kugwa pansi. Zimenezi zinachititsa kuti atole timitengo ta zonunkhirazo.
Pofuna kukwaniritsa kufunika kokulirakulirako, apaulendo a ku Ulaya anayamba kufunafuna malo osamvetsetseka kumene zonunkhirazo zimamera. Christopher Columbus adalembera Mfumukazi Isabella kuti adapeza rhubarb ndi sinamoni ku New World. Komabe, zitsanzo za zomera zimene anatumiza zinapezeka kuti zinali zokometsera zosafunika. Gonzalo Pizarro, woyendetsa panyanja wa ku Spain, nayenso anafufuza sinamoni kumaiko onse a ku America, akuwoloka Amazon ali ndi chiyembekezo chopeza “pais de la canela,” kapena “dziko la sinamoni.”
Cha m’ma 1518, amalonda Achipwitikizi anapeza sinamoni ku Ceylon (tsopano ku Sri Lanka) ndipo anagonjetsa ufumu wa pachilumba cha Kotto, n’kupanga anthu ake kukhala akapolo komanso kulamulira malonda a sinamoni kwa zaka zana limodzi. Pambuyo pa nthawiyi, Ufumu wa Ceylon Kandy unagwirizana ndi Dutch mu 1638 kuti ugwetse anthu a ku Portugal. Pafupifupi zaka 150 pambuyo pake, Ceylon anagwidwa ndi a British atapambana pa Nkhondo Yachinayi ya Anglo-Dutch. Pofika m’chaka cha 1800, sinamoni sinalinso chinthu chamtengo wapatali ndiponso chosowa, popeza chinayamba kulimidwa m’madera ena a dziko lapansi, limodzi ndi “zakudya zokoma” monga chokoleti, kasiya. Womalizayo ali ndi fungo lofanana ndi sinamoni, chifukwa chake adayamba kupikisana nawo kuti atchuke.
Masiku ano, timakumana makamaka ndi mitundu iwiri ya sinamoni: ndipo Cassia imamera makamaka ku Indonesia ndipo imakhala ndi fungo lamphamvu. Kusiyanasiyana kwake kotsika mtengo ndi komwe kumagulitsidwa m'masitolo akuluakulu kuti awoze zinthu zophikidwa. Zokwera mtengo kwambiri, sinamoni ya Ceylon (yambiri yomwe imabzalidwabe ku Sri Lanka) imakhala ndi kukoma kokoma pang'ono komanso koyenera kuwonjezera pa zinthu zophikidwa komanso zakumwa zotentha (khofi, tiyi, chokoleti yotentha, etc.).
Sinamoni amagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri pamankhwala azikhalidwe monga Ayurveda ndi mankhwala achi China. Ma antimicrobial ake amathandizira polimbana ndi matendawa. Kusakaniza pamodzi ndi uchi, kumadzaza khungu ndi kufewa ndi kuwala.
Zonunkhira zamtengo wapatali. Ndi kutsekula m'mimba, 12 tsp tikulimbikitsidwa. sinamoni wothira yogurt wamba.
Kafukufuku wofalitsidwa mu Diabetes Care mu Disembala 2003 adawonetsa kuti kumwa galamu imodzi yokha ya sinamoni patsiku kumachepetsa shuga wamagazi, triglycerides, cholesterol yoyipa ndi cholesterol yonse mwa odwala matenda amtundu wa 1. akulangiza Dr. Shiha Sharma, katswiri wa zakudya pa Nutrihealth.