Our pure, handpicked and 100% authentic Persian saffron is the perfect spice to give your dishes that touch of royalty. It’s excellent for Indian, Italian, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern cuisines and delivers an exceptional taste and aroma with a warm and earthy twist. It comes in airtight packaging to preserve its freshness and will serve you for up to four years with proper storage.
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Types of Saffron
Saffron is often categorized based on the country of origin. The major producers of saffron include Spain, Greece, and Afghanistan and Iran(Persia).
There are several kinds of saffron:
- Mongra saffron: Predominantly cultivated on the Kashmiri soil. This kind of saffron is found only in India and is characterized by dark crimson red threads.
- Aquilla saffron: This kind of saffron is cultivated around the Sardima area and Navellin valley of Italy. The color is a bit lighter than the Kashmiri saffron; it is also less expensive.
- Spanish superior and crème saffron: This kind of saffron is commonly used in the United States of America. The Spanish superior and crème saffron contains more yellow parts and is not as active or as expensive as other varieties of saffron.
- Persian Saffron: Persia has the reputation of being one of the earliest places where saffron cultivation was recorded. is said to possess high-quality saffron due to factors like suitable climate, soil, topography and harvesting methods. Factors which are necessary for the production of high-quality saffron spice.
Persian saffron is unarguably the most sought after saffron in recent times.
What are the kinds of Persian Saffron?
There are five major kinds of Persian saffron
They include:
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All-red saffron (Sargol):
This kind of saffron has good coloring power. It contains no yellow or orange threads. Sargol’s threads are short with deep red color. The all-red saffron is gotten from the Bunch saffron.
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Super Negin:
this kind of Persian saffron posses pleasing features. The Super Negin has longer threads than the Sargol, and it contains no crumbs.
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Negin:
The Negin has a very high coloring power. It is longer than the Super Negin and Sargol. The Negin contains some portions of orange and yellow threads.
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Poshal:
This kind of Persin saffron is the most sold saffron in stores. This is because of the price. The Poshal contains red stigma with about 1mm to 3mm of yellow style.
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Bunch saffron (Dastehi):
this kind of saffron has both style and red-colored stigma. The red part of the stigma is usually about 75%, and the style is about 25%.
