Why Saffron Is The World's Most Expensive Spice

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, smell, and color make it the most expensive spice in the world. It's used in kitchens across the world, as a fabric and skin dye, and may soon be used more widely for medicinal purposes.

Special thanks to Arash Ghalehgolabbehbahani:

Why Saffron Is The World's Most Expensive Spice

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I once bathed in saffron, my skin felt so good. My mum didn’t speak to me for a week.

[medinayusazlan]

i accidentally dropped my mom's saffron and she got mad. now i know why. thank you :D

[adolfdza]

I love the aroma of saffron when we use it for Indian dishes especially Biryani.

[harishkhurana]

People: Saffron is very expensive.
Indians: **putting it in literally every sweet dish**

[gurumayummadan]

0:18 "for starters, saffron is a complicated spice to harvest."
"My name is Arash GHALEHGOLABBEHBAHANI"
there you go

[akagamishanks]

His last name looks like the results I got from smashing my hands to the keyboard pretending I'm a hacker.

[nalaseku]

Screw being a weed dealer, I'm gonna be a saffron dealer

[cadeidontknowmylastname]

Me: looks outside and sees purple flowers

Also me: STONKS

[sudn]

Saffron better be the most amazing thing anyone's ever tasted.

[liamwhitney]

I planted 100 saffron bulbs earlier this Autumn in a garden raised bed here in the southern Willamette Valley. The bulbs came from a family farm in France. It was a real pleasure to harvest our first homegrown saffron threads. The flavor is incredible and the color very strong. Thanks for posting this video. I enjoyed it very much.

[nargeskhalesi]

In Iran, we use saffron in most foods and sweets, and it is the main food spice in every Iranian home.
It does not matter how expensive saffron.The main taste of Iranian food is completed with saffron. If you come to Iran one day, try saffron Plo, saffron ice cream and saffron kebab chicken.

[laurabrooks]

I had a wonderful little saffron plot in South Central Pennsylvania, 3'x4'. It was so productive that I was able to gift tiny jars to my friends and have plenty for my family

[BethysHusky]

Rice with saffron ....best thing in the world

[hmm]

We eat it to with our food, and daily with a glass of milk at night very good for your health.

[gpepeitan]

My grandparents are Jewish Persians so when my grand cooks Persian and my mom we use saffron and I love the smell it’s so good and the taste

[Mrudulvijay]

It is really a very informative video. The time lapse video of saffron flowers which is included in this video is taken by me when I was working on Saffron flowering project at CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory Pune. We also got a good result of in vitro flowering as well as greenhouse flowering. Filed a patent on in vitro flowering.

[kamalinigupta]

Indian dishes specially sweets are incomplete without saffron..!! Saffron is magic..!! 😋😍

[hosseinsoleimani]

As a Persian I am proud of my country producing 90 percent of saffron in the wworl not only most expensive but also highest quality and flavor comparing to other saffrons produced in other countries. I wish everyone in the world could taste it.

[Inigma]

Literally all pakistani and indian sweet dishes have saffron like actually yesturday my mom was applying a saffrn mask on her face now i know the importance

[gauripunja]

Literally EVERY Indian family has boxes of this stuff for milk, deserts, etc.