Tuesday 9 August 2016

How to Test Purity of Saffron Spice

Here is a video which shows you exactly how highest grade 1 saffron sargol should look and gives you a simple test using cold water that you can learn in 30 seconds and then always know how to check for real pure saffron, so you never get ripped off when buying the red gold.



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Saffron is a very precious spice that is famous around the globe for its use in cooking, health, medicine, cosmetics and as a dye. Saffron is the most expensive spice in the World and the reason for the high price of saffron spice is due to its limited supply and its highly labour intense production process involving hand planting of the saffron crocus bulbs followed by watering the flowers throughout Spring and Summer and then the hand picking of the saffron in October. You can buy saffron online in the UK, fine saffron spice made from saffron flowers. The best place to go saffron shopping online is a trusted saffron online shop called Saffron Spices in the UK. The best quality saffron in the world is from Iran produced by Saharkhiz saffron family on their orgasnic farms est. 1932. The saffron flowers are hand-picked as machinery would destroy the fragile saffron filaments that are the stigma of the saffron flower. Crews of pickers descend upon the saffron crocus fields before dawn to pick the flowers before the sun is high in the day. The flowers are taken to be sorted where the precious saffron stigma strands are removed from the rest of the flower that is not of use. You can get pure saffron online The saffron spice is dried to around 8% moisture content then sealed in packs for sale. The lowest online saffron price of saffron varies from season to season according to the kind of harvest that was enjoyed that particular year. The best saffron price is to be found in a saffron online store, you can buy saffron spice online at much lower saffron price than you will find in supermarkets (or online websites of supermarkets) or delicatessens on the high street.

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The name saffron comes from the Persian word  zafaran which means yellow. This spice is produced and used in the kitchen throughout antiquity and today is part of the culinary traditions everywhere in the World. The main producing countries during antiquity are Iran (best quality), Spain, India, and Greece continue to dominate the world market. Furthermore, this spice was formerly used as a medicinal plant to treat a wide range of headache, indigestion with smallpox, through respiratory diseases. Finally, its yellow-orange color was traditionally used to dye fabrics, especially dresses of Hindu and Buddhist monks. Saffron in the kitchen Saffron is used in cooking as a seasoning and coloring agent to give a beautiful golden yellow hue to dishes and sauces. It contains more than 150 volatile and aromatic compounds which give it exceptional aromatic qualities. It is safranal (a volatile oil) that this spice has the largest share of its aroma. This spice is sold in two forms: filaments and small doses of powder. It takes on average a dose for a dish for 4 or 6 people. Note: while the spice powder is added directly in dishes, saffron filaments must be soaked in a little boiling water to express all their perfume. This spice should always be stored in a cool and dark.