A group of silver-haired señoras sit, chatting around a table piled high with purple crocuses. With fingertips whirring and bracelets jangling, they reach for blossom after blossom—15 per minute, on ...

ALCALDE — Douglas Oberwortmann and his wife have been picking saffron crocus blooms almost every day for the past three weeks, then carefully removing the bright red, thread-like stigmas from each ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Harvesting saffron requires a lot of physical labor to get the flowers from the field to final packaging. The harvesting process plus its distinct flavor, smell, and ...

Saffron, a spice derived from the Crocus sativus flower, is most commonly associated with Asia and the Middle East. But saffron crocus thrive around the Mediterranean, including Italy, where they ...