Buying wholesale
How Do You Buy Cassia Cinnamon in Bulk?
Cassia is AbdulRahim Mills' bulk cinnamon line at Levant Direct — it's the cinnamon most restaurants, bakeries and spice blends actually use, and like every AbdulRahim Mills spice it's quoted by the case through an inquiry rather than sold at a listed price.
Cassia is a distinct species from Ceylon ("true") cinnamon — bolder, more assertive, and the type that dominates commercial spice supply worldwide, including most of what's sold as plain "cinnamon" in North America. If the distinction matters for your buying decision, see cassia vs. Ceylon cinnamon for foodservice.
Cassia Sticks vs. Ground Cassia
AbdulRahim Mills packs cassia in two forms: cinnamon sticks for infusing — mulled drinks, rice dishes, simmered sauces — and ground cinnamon for baking and spice blends where a fine, even dose matters. Both are drawn from the same cassia source, so the choice comes down to how your kitchen uses it rather than a difference in origin.
A bakery running a standing dessert menu typically wants ground; a kitchen infusing broths, teas or mulled drinks wants sticks. Many buyers order both on the same inquiry to cover both uses.
What Bulk Ordering Looks Like
There's no published price or fixed pack size for cassia — the case configuration and price come back in your written quotation, generally within a business day of sending an inquiry. If you know the bag or case weight you want, or you're planning a standing monthly reorder rather than a one-time buy, note it — that detail helps the quote land closer to right the first time.
Cassia is a spice most restaurant and bakery buyers reorder on a predictable cycle rather than one-off; see how wholesale reorders work for how repeat orders are typically handled once an account is set up. A first order can also be a useful way to gauge lead times and service quality before committing to a larger standing spice program.
Where Cassia Turns Up in Levantine Cooking
Cassia is a backbone spice in Levantine seven-spice (baharat) blends, in rice and meat dishes, and in baking. For the wider blend context, see seven spice (Sabaa Baharat), explained.
It also shows up well beyond savoury cooking — mulled drinks, spiced teas, dessert syrups and baking all draw on cassia sticks or ground cinnamon depending on the application. A café running a seasonal spiced-drink menu and a bakery producing cinnamon-forward pastries are drawing on the same base spice, just in different forms. Even grocers with no kitchen of their own stock cassia sticks and ground cinnamon as standalone shelf items, since home cooks reach for both regularly.
Buying Cassia Alongside Other Warm Spices
Cassia is frequently ordered together with cardamom, cloves and allspice — the group of "warm" baking and blend spices that turn up together in seven-spice mixes, mulling blends and festive baking. Consolidating these onto a single inquiry rather than several separate small orders tends to quote and deliver more efficiently; see what wholesale case sizes mean for how case configuration is typically discussed at quotation.
Restaurant and bakery buyers setting up a spice program for the first time often start with this core group — cassia, cardamom, cumin, black pepper — since it covers the bulk of what shows up across Levantine menus, and reorder from there once actual usage patterns become clear. Sending all of these on one inquiry rather than building the program spice by spice is generally the faster route to a working supply relationship.
Related questions
Is cassia the same as cinnamon?
Cassia is a species of cinnamon, and it's the type most commercially sold cinnamon actually is — distinct from Ceylon ("true") cinnamon, which has a milder, more delicate flavour. See cassia vs. Ceylon cinnamon for the full comparison.
Do you sell cinnamon sticks or only ground?
Both — AbdulRahim Mills packs cassia as whole sticks and as ground cinnamon; add either or both to your inquiry.
Is there a minimum order for cassia?
Ordering is quote-based rather than governed by a fixed per-line minimum; see is there a minimum order for how that generally works.
Can cassia be ordered with other spices on the same delivery?
Yes — most bakery and restaurant buyers combine cassia with cardamom, cloves and other spices on one inquiry rather than ordering each separately.