Origin
Grown where it has
always been grown.
Where
The Persian highlands.
Our growing region sits on a high arid plateau — roughly 1,200 metres above sea level — where cold winters, hot dry summers and calcareous, mineral-rich soil produce stigmas with crocin levels few other regions can match.
We work with seven cooperative farms across these regions. Every kilo we ship is traceable to a specific harvest, a specific lot, and a specific village.
Inside the cooperative
Seven farms.
One supply chain.
Cooperative village
Highland plateau, 1,200 m elevation. Crocus fields surround the settlement.
Hand-picked at dawn
Flowers are gathered before sunrise to protect the stigmas from heat.
Same-day separation
Stigmas are pulled from each flower the day they are picked.
Low-heat drying
Stigmas dry on traditional trays within 72 hours of harvest.
From flower to tin.
01
Harvest
Crocuses are picked by hand at dawn during the 3-week October–November window, before sun degrades the stigmas.
02
Separation
Each flower is opened the same day; the three crimson stigmas are pulled by hand from the bulb.
03
Drying
Stigmas are dried within 72 hours under controlled low heat to lock in crocin, safranal and picrocrocin.
04
Lab + grading
Every lot is tested to ISO 3632:2011, graded Super Negin or Sargol, and sealed.
150,000
Flowers per kilo of dried saffron
370 hrs
Manual labor per export kilo
7
Cooperative farms in our network