Saffron, Spanish, Threads and Recipes.

Welcome to saffronusa.com. If you are looking for a great source of saffron information, you have definitely come to the right place.

Saffron is a very desirable and costly spice for many people throughout the world. We also understand that there are many who simply cannot understand why the spice costs as much as it does.

These are a couple of the questions we attempt to address on this site. We have created this site with the intent of being the number one saffron site on the Web. This means that if you are looking for saffron recipes, you can find information here.

This also means that if you want to learn the differences in the kinds of saffron rice available, you can find this here as well. Furthermore, if it is important for you to be able to differentiate between Spanish saffron and Persian saffron, we hope to be able to help you with that.

We can even explain to you the process that needs to take place in order for a saffron crocus to be able to yield saffron threads that are eventually made into saffron spices.

It is our intent to be able to provide for you all of the information you might want or need. Because there is a wealth of information here, we invite you to bookmark this site and visit often as you attempt to increase your understanding of the benefits and uses of saffron.

Saffron features a distinct, exotic taste and a rich color that affects whatever it is cooked with. Culinary artists everywhere prize this spice.

Spanish saffron was brought to Spain more than a thousand years ago by the Moors and features a dark red or orange color. It takes more than 13,000 saffron threads to make just a single ounce of saffron. And there are only 3 threads per saffron flower.

Persian saffron is the most expensive spice in the world because it must be harvested by hand. It takes one full acre of Persian saffron blossoms to make just 10 pounds of saffron threads. This means it takes about 10,000 flowers just to produce one pound.

Because saffron is indigenous to Asia, Persian saffron is considered to be the highest quality saffron available on the market.

We hope you visit saffronusa.com often for updated and new information about this seductive and rare spice.

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