Saffron - How Do They Do It?

"How do they do it" goes to Morocco to see how saffron is made

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[juliusbernotas]

My back hurts just by looking at those workers.

[jeffyang]

Saffron is really good for your health, specially for your skin. My mom has been suffering from rash since last year, we've tried many different ways of treatment, but none of these were helpful. Until few months ago, my brother in law send us a bottle of saffron, then my mom made some saffron water(Just put a few saffron into boiling water, like making a cup of tea) and smear them to her skin, few days later, all rashes has gone. It's amazing, like magic.

[MichaelMa]

It's expensive per kilo, but people buy a few grams at a time. When cooking, I only use about a stamen or two.  It's relatively a cheap ingredient for cooking.

[AbhimanyuSingh]

Saffron is a plant. The dried stigmas (thread-like parts of the flower) are used to make saffron spice. It can take 75, 000 saffron blossoms to produce a single pound of saffron spice. Saffron is largely cultivated and harvested by hand. Due to the amount of labor involved in harvesting, saffron is considered one of the world's most expensive spices. The stigmas are also used to make medicine.

Saffron is used for asthma, cough, whooping cough (pertussis), and to loosen phlegm (as an expectorant). It is also used for sleep problems (insomnia), cancer, “hardening of the arteries” (atherosclerosis), intestinal gas (flatulence), depression, Alzheimer’s disease, fright, shock, spitting up blood (hemoptysis), pain, heartburn, and dry skin.

Women use saffron for menstrual cramps and premenstrual syndrome (PMS). Men use it to prevent early orgasm (premature ejaculation) and infertility.

Saffron is also used for to increase interest in sex (as an aphrodisiac) and to induce sweating.

Some people apply saffron directly to the scalp for baldness (alopecia).

In foods, saffron is used as a spice, yellow food coloring, and as a flavoring agent.

In manufacturing, saffron extracts are used as fragrance in perfumes and as a dye for cloth.

Phrase from Webmd.com and the last line says :There isn't enough information to know how saffron might work. :)))

[papajoe]

Morocco, the land of the sun set, the perl of the world. i love that country, so beautiful and friendly.

[quantumaquatic]

Im gonna buy me some seeds and plant in my backyard and have a fullgreenhouse in my backyard. Then I wont be needing any job soon. Hahahahahahahahahaahha

[Maryam]

When you’re meant to do your uni assignments but you procrastinate & watch vids on YouTube, leading you to this video

[fahadalvi]

Subhana'ALLAH amazing.... never would have thought such a lovely smelling red stick thing comes from a beautiful purple flower. <3

[VinayakSP-llbx]

Kashmiri Saffron is World No.1 Quality product....

[dendrobatez]

These prices are old, for average to slightly higher than average quality they would be lucky to sell a kg of saffron for $2, 000.I think most people don't understand how much a kg of saffron actually is or how little you actually use, 1g of saffron is enough to fill a match box - 1oz might fill 2 altoids tins so 1kg of saffron is actually a lot more than you would think

[twowheelunicycle]

Man that's tough work, but one I appreciate their hard work because it changes the food cooked with it amazingly, and they make ALOT of money for their hard work, which some people who work equally as hard never do

[bradey]

it’s quite strong so you don’t need to use much in cooking and therefore it’s relatively cheap to use

[BoboDoboRobo]

As a kid, I had a real obsession with Posh Spice. It cost my parents a fortune in saffron

[xppl]

I'm Moroccan and we use saffran every day I had no idea it was special and I had no idea this is how they were acquired. very intresting thanks for sharing

[kabulkabul]

I live in the United States 🇺🇸, I ordered it from Afghanistan. They have the best saffron in the world. Costco was selling Afghan saffron couple of years ago.

[wcpaulk]

Allows me to appreciate the spice more understanding the process. Has many medicinal uses such as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease. It taste better than turmeric in your Spanish yellow rice.

[Goachi]

We visisted Taliuoine in February to buy saffron from Taliouine! What an experience it was and the taste of this golden spice was well worth the 4500 km trip!

[hamedroozbehani]

The highest quality and most expensive Saffron in the world is for Iran (Persia).
North east of Iran.


Saffron is a luxury spice of Persian foods.
tasty ;)

[indianarchangel]

The most exquisite variety of saffron is grown in India. High up in the Himalayan ranges.

[rendijsmysterio]

is saffron a tasty spice is or is it one of those spices that are expensive and taste like shit but rich people eat it and pretend to like it because they are rich?