Sri Lanka, May 5 -- The audience on the sun-kissed verandah was unsurprised when award-winning author and planter Herman Gunaratne recounted what a former British governor-general confided in him: "Ceylon is the most prized possession Britain ever had." Overhead, on the first floor was an entire abode dedicated to cinnamon - waiting to be experienced and explored.

The audience on the sun-kissed verandah was unsurprised when award-winning author and planter Herman Gunaratne recounted what a former British governor-general confided in him: "Ceylon is the most prized possession Britain ever had." Overhead, on the first floor was an entire abode dedicated to cinnamon - waiting to be experienced and explored.

Such is how Sri Lanka's fragrant...