How saffron, a precious import, became an American cash crop
There is new interest in growing saffron among small farmers in search of a cash crop, and among cooks and gardeners seeking ...
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This Is The Most Expensive Spice In The World
But one of them takes top billing when it comes to price -- saffron, which can cost roughly between $10 and $20 per gram. That's a lot of cash for such a tiny volume of material. Saffron is the ...
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Why real saffron is so expensive
And real saffron can cost you over $10,000 per kilogram. Sought after for thousands of years as a spice, a dye, and a medicine, you need over 150 flowers to make just 1 gram of saffron.
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Here are the world’s most expensive cooking ingredients
Price: $1.76 per gram or $352 for a 200-gram steak An epitome ... Among the most expensive ingredients, saffron is harvested ...
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The European crop that fetches €40 a gram
Italian farmer Alessandro Mazzuoli might only produce just 1,000g of his star crop a year, but the revenue it brings in makes ...
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The problem for the world’s most expensive spice
per gram. Mr Alaniz says saffron's high price tag is the reason it has so much promise in war torn Afghanistan. But it is also in many ways the root of its biggest problem: it makes it extremely ...
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How Saffron, a Precious Import, Became an American Cash Crop
they harvested 250 grams of saffron, which they’ll sell for a whopping $100 per gram — as much as 10 times the price of high-quality imported saffron. The Philipps are part of a resurgence of ...