Premium Saffron and owner of The Flatline

and owner of The Flatline BBQ

and Red Chile Flakes

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000 blossoms) just to yield a pound of saffron

perfect for the grilling season

Premium Saffron and owner of The FlatlineThis premium, single origin saffron is sourced from the Herat Province in Afghanistan. The Herat Province provides the best climate to grow saffron and as a nation has been awarded the highest quality saffron of the world. Those red saffron threads are known as the stigmas of the Crocus Sativus Linnaeus plant. Due to their fragility, they can only be hand picked. One might ask why saffron is so expensive, and that is because it is an extremely labor