Organic saffron powder 0.5 g

Saffron is obtained from the inside of the lilac-colored crocus flower "Crocus sativus". It takes up to 160,000 to obtain one kilo of the "red gold". Crocus flowers required. The flowers only bloom for a few days Year. Each flower contains only three about 10 cm long orange-brownish pistils, the saffron, which is plucked by hand becomes. In the early morning, before the flowers open, these precious threads harvested in painstaking manual work. 25g genuine saffron - about 5000 threads - is gained in about 10 hours of work. The "red gold" is the most expensive spice in the world However, it is very economical to use. A small tip of a knife is enough for a meal for four people. Our organic saffron comes from the women's cooperative "L'OR ROUGE DU MAROC" located in the idyllic mountain village of Taliouine in a original Berber village in the middle of the Anti-Atlas. This oasis is on a dry foot valley, at a height of about 1030 m about halfway between Agadir to the west and Ouazazate in the north-east. * Always store this natural product in a cool, light-protected and tightly closed place * Shelf life: one to two years. Organic saffron