Saffron is the red stigma of the Crocus sativus. Each crocus has three small stigmas that have to be picked carefully by hand. This minuscule harvest means that the amount you get from each flower ...

comes from the saffron crocus (Crocus sativus), a fall-blooming crocus with purple flowers. While growing the crocus itself ...

If you do a search for the top ten most expensive spices, you’ll find a varied list. However there is one spice that is always at the top of that list: saffron. Saffron spice is made by ...

I prefer to harvest the flowers by hand because I don't like to damage the other parts of the plants. Narrator: Saffron comes from the saffron crocus flower. And each flower has three red stigmas ...

I prefer to harvest the flowers by hand because I don’t like to damage the other parts of the plants. Narrator: Saffron comes from the saffron crocus flower. And each flower has three red ...

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