Salehi saw an opportunity: importing saffron from his family’s farm. He went back to his former home—outside of Herat City, in western Afghanistan—and returned with seven ounces of the spice.

The spice adds complexity to these luscious goodies, especially peaches, giving the resulting jam intriguingly earthy notes. Strawberry, passionfruit, and even persimmon jams with saffron are also ...

Saffron’s high price is due to its labor-intensive and time-specific production. Corms, or bulbs, are planted in summer, and the flowers mature in late September or early October.

Most of us know saffron as the pricey cooking spice with a potent flavour. ... Meghan Markle's £6.50-a-jar 'crafted' raspberry jam is made on an industrial estate 2,000 miles from Montecito.

It’s hard work to harvest, but a growing cadre of small farmers and home gardeners are cultivating the spice for profit, or simply pleasure. Bulb-like corms, at top, produce saffron crocuses ...

What is saffron and why is it so expensive? The part of the flower that is used to make the spice is the reddish-brown threads found in the flower. Nussbaum says it’s expensive because of how it ...

“Our biggest challenge is to get people to use it,” Ethan Frisch, the co-founder and co-owner of the spice company Burlap & Barrel, says about saffron. “They think it’s so valuable they ...

Saffron comes from a type of crocus flower. It's a common spice in Mediterranean cooking. Because it's hard to harvest -- it takes 75,000 flowers to get a pound of saffron-- it's one of the world ...

The spice is known for its distinctive, bold color and hard-to-describe flavor. Here's why saffron is so darn expensive.

Meraki Meadows has been producing saffron for two years. The spice, which comes from the crocus flower, can sell for a minimum of $9,000 a pound.