Greek Organic Red Saffron Gift packs 2 gr in Filaments. The prefecture of Kozani produces the best quality of crocus in the world, the golden spice of Greece.

Greek Organic Red Saffron, making it the world’s most precious spice.

Greek Organic Red Saffron in Filaments, or threads, is actually the dried stigmas of the saffron flower, “Crocus Sativus Linneaus”. Each flower contains only three stigmas. These threads must be picked from each flower by hand, and more than 75,000 of these flowers are needed to produce just one pound of Saffron filaments, making it the world’s most precious spice. But, because of saffron strong colorings power and intense flavor, it can be used sparingly. Saffron is used both for its bright orange-yellow color and for its strong, intense flavor and aroma.

Greek Organic Red Saffron, Crocus contains crocin, the source of its strong coloring property, bitter-crocin, which offers the distinctive aroma and taste and essential oils which are responsible for its therapeutic properties.
Protected Designation of OriginGreek Organic Red Saffron, Krokos crocus or zafora?

The locals are so dedicated to its production rite that one of the producer’s villages, i.e. Krokos, is named after this spice. It flowers every year, in autumn from around mid-October to mid-November. This is also the crop period that gives way to a delicate processing phase through which the much-desired product will be obtained. Annual production, depending on weather conditions, ranges from 6 to 12 tons of pure red saffron each year. Much of this production is certified organic. All of it is (PDO) no other region of Greece can produce Greek Red Saffron. It is also extremely high-quality: Greek Red Saffron, as provided by the Kozani Cooperative, has a guaranteed coloring strength of 230.
Greek Organic Red Saffron, harvesting season.Greek Organic Red Saffron, Mediterranean ancient times

Minoans portrayed saffron in their palace frescoes by 1500–1600 BC, showing saffron’s use as a therapeutic drug. Later, Greek legends told of sea voyages to Cilicia. There, adventurers hoped to procure what they believed was the world’s most valuable saffron. Greek Organic Red Saffron is distinguished for its excellent quality, which places it in the top quality of saffron in the world.

A small quality of saffron adds an exquisite flavor, color and aroma in your dishes such as pasta, rise, soup, sauces, poultry, meat, and fish. Greek saffron is perfectly pure and combined with coffee or tea forms an excellent beverage.
Greek Organic Red Saffron, health benefits.

Greek Organic Red Saffron is known and many new Internet research can be found: anticancer, antithrombotic, Control blood pressure, improve mind and memory, boost your mood (depression), anti-age etc. Known since the times of Ancient Egypt, the crocus was much sought after by the ancient Greeks and Romans as it was believed to have medicinal and aphrodisiac properties. In fact it is cited by Asclepius and Hippocrates. It is, still today, used in pharmaceutics but mainly in cooking and confectionery. Moreover, it plays the role of a pigment in products such as pasta and butter. It is easy to find recipes using the ingredient of crocus cited as saffron in cookery books. Try them and you won’t regret it. You will be thrilled!