Each flower (see image above) only produces a small amount, so thousand of flowers have to be grown and the saffron has to be harvested from those flowers by hand.
Yes because of selling saffron which is expensive
The very expensive spice Saffron is derived from the flower of the saffron crocus.
The saffron crocus (Crocus sativus) grows in very few places around the world. That's what makes it so expensive. Well, that and high demand.
Saffron is the most expensive spice in the world. Do you like to cook with saffron? How long do you soak saffron before using it?
Vanilla
I believe it is saffron.
Actullay the staymen, or little hairs in the middle of the flower is saffron. there are 2-3 little saffron hairs in each crocus. In farming methods, they are picked with tweezers by hand. That's why saffron is so expensive.
Vanilla
yes
Saffron
Saffron
The saffron crocus are the dried stigmas of the flower itself. Each flower only produces three of these and the are so fragile that they have to be collected by hand. It's the scarcity of saffron and it's labour-intensive harvesting that makes this spice so expensive. Thankfully good saffron is very pungent an a little goes a long way. It's made from the stamens of a crocus. These are tiny and picked by hand, and it takes a large number of them to make even a small amount of saffron.