Alba is the best and the most expensive type of Ceylon cinnamon. Due to the manufacturing difficulty (finding the right tree and need of skilled labour), high-quality finish, and lower output capacity, Alba quills are traded at a higher price. Further, These types of quills can not be manufactured from any cinnamon tree. but only using slightly matured cinnamon trees grown in Red Yellow Podzolic soils in the Southwestern region of Sri Lanka.
