It can cost upto $3000 per kilogram This is sourced from the Beluga sturgeon, it costs approximately $5000 per kilogram It is one of the most expensive sea-foods in the world. One... advertisement ...

A small-scale grower in the western Cape is redefining saffron excellence - and has no plans to take his talents abroad.

the saffron flower (Crocus sativus) is valued primarily for what hides beneath those petals: tiny, fiery orange stamens that, once plucked and processed, become the world’s most expensive spice ...

What makes the dish special is one ingredient — saffron. The spice, very delicate in flavor, is the most expensive in the world, costing about $15 for 1 gram. Saffron comes from the three ...

I remember tasting it once at a cheap Spanish restaurant in Hong Kong, where the cooks substituted it for the much more expensive saffron – only the colours are similar; the flavours are a world apart ...

Did you know the world’s most expensive spice comes from a type of crocus? It’s true. Saffron is derived from Crocus sativus, commonly known as the “saffron crocus.” While blooming crocuses are as ...

Because it's hard to harvest -- it takes 75,000 flowers to get a pound of saffron -- it's one of the world's most expensive spices. It's been used as a traditional treatment for thousands of years.