An curved arrow pointing right. 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 ...

Saffron is known as "Red Gold" due to its distinct flavor, rich color, and medicinal properties. Its high price is due to the time-consuming harvesting process and the fact that each flower ...

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.