the.com/saffron thread
The world's costliest spice, harvested by hand from a flower that blooms one autumn week.
flower partJust three crimson stigmas per crocus blossom
insane labor150,000 flowers make a single kilogram
price tagCan outvalue gold gram for gram
dawn raidPicked before sunrise to protect delicate threads
ancient flexCleopatra reportedly bathed in saffron-laced milk