Herat · Afghanistan
Where our saffron comes from
Saffron from Herat. Carefully selected, checked, and brought to Switzerland for our customers.
The region
Herat in western Afghanistan
Our saffron originally comes from the Herat region in western Afghanistan, today one of the country's significant saffron-growing areas.
There, saffron is obtained from the flowers of Crocus sativus L. The delicate red stigmas are taken from the flowers by hand during the harvest and then carefully dried.
Herat and its surrounding growing areas offer varying conditions for cultivation. Scientific studies have shown that the quality markers of saffron can differ depending on the growing area.
Quality
What quality is made of
Among the things examined are crocin, picrocrocin and safranal, three quality parameters that govern the colour, taste and aroma of saffron.
Crocin stands for colour intensity, picrocrocin for taste, safranal for aroma. We select our batches on these markers and make the available analysis values accessible on request.
Questions about the origin?
We are happy to give information about the growing region, the harvest year and the available analysis values of a batch.