All-Red Threads / Premium Quality
Saffron
All-red sargol threads, picked at dawn and dried the same morning.
- Grade
- Sargol / All-Red
- Harvest
- Late October – November
- Yield
- 150,000 flowers / kg
- Cure
- Shade-dried, 24 hrs
Origin
Khorasan, Persia
Smallholder plots on the Khorasan plateau, harvested by hand before sunrise while the flowers are still closed.
34.3° N · 58.8° E
Harvest Calendar
JFMAMJJASOND
Lot Profile
Colour (crocin)96
Aroma (safranal)90
Thread length82