curries and milk drinks in Indian cuisine." Harvesting saffron is incredibly time-consuming and labor-intensive. The flowers have a short harvesting season, minimal lifespan, and require a ...

Researchers are testing whether growing saffron, one of the most expensive spices in the world, could help Georgia farms.

About 90% of India’s saffron is produced in Kashmir, of which a majority is grown in Pampore, but the small town is under ...

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They add a golden color and subtle bass note to Indian sweets ... Peace & Plenty harvested 700,000 flowers, which yielded about 3.5 kilograms of saffron. Price sold it to home cooks, and to ...

PAMPORE, India, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Tucked in a valley beneath the snow-capped Himalayas of the Indian Kashmir ... bright purple flowers from which strands of fragrant red saffron are picked ...

And real saffron can cost you over $10,000 per kilogram. Sought after for thousands of years as a spice, a dye, and a medicine, you need over 150 flowers to make just 1 gram of saffron.

Come October, the crocus plants begin to bloom, covering the fields with bright purple flowers from which strands of fragrant red saffron are ... according to the Indian Council of Scientific ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Harvesting saffron requires a lot of physical labor to get the flowers from the field to final packaging. The harvesting process plus its distinct flavor ...