藏紅花花蕊是一種香料。 藏紅花生長在地中海地區, 在秋天盛開。 藏紅花花蕊 需要用人手採摘，因此價格也較昂貴。  

藏红花不但可以用來煮西班牙海鮮飯, 用來泡茶也很好喝! 

最高品質的藏紅花只有紅色花蕊那部份，花蕊是乾且脆, 有一種像金屬+蜜糖的香氣(一個複雜而獨特,很難描述的氣味)。 

烹飪小貼士: 

1. 如果你可嘗到藏紅花的味道，那你已經放了太多 

2. 用藏紅花來烹調的時候，應用無味道的油，例如菜油或葡萄籽油。橄欖油的味道是很強的。如果用藏紅花和橄欖油一起烹調的話，那就不能特出藏紅花的高貴氣味了。 

This lot of saffron is the highest quality/grade, Sargol grade. 1 gram of Saffron costs $12 at Costco.

The product is packed in zip-locked bag, then placed in a tin box. It will be shipped in bubble padded envelop. As a free gift, I will send you two small zip-locked bags so you may share this box of saffron with friends.

Highest quality saffron threads are in red color, dry and brittle to the touch. It gives out metallic honey aroma, a complex and unique aroma that is very difficult to describe, and it has a sublime flavor.

Saffron is a spice. It is dried stigma of the saffron flower known as saffron crocus. Saffron crocus grows well in the Mediterranean region and blossoms in the fall season. It is picked by hand and it takes roughly 150 flowers to make 1 gram of dried saffron. Hence, weight by weight, it is more expensive than gold.

Cooking Tips: 

1. If you taste saffron in your dish, you’ve added too much. Add a little pinch so your guests would ask…what’s that? 

2. When cooking with saffron, use plain oil such as grape seed oil or granola oil. Do not use oil which is flavored. The taste and aroma in good olive oil will compete with saffron.