Afghan Super Negin Saffron, All-Red Threads from Herat
Price
$12.99
1 of 5- 450 threads in a gram
- 1 lot harvest-dated, never blended
- 1 g to 1 kg the same saffron in every size
Sourced from Herat by founder Bilal Qutubzad and packed by hand in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Saffron Gift Box, Two 1 g Bottles of Afghan Saffron
Whole saffron threads from a single Herat harvest. A few threads turn a pot of rice or a cup of tea deep gold.
Herat harvest. The season is stamped on every jar.
Price
$1.00
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- Whole threads, never powder, so you can see what you bought
- One Herat lot, the harvest season printed on every jar
- Three at-home purity tests on the card in the box
Saffron is one of the most faked spices sold. Ours ships as whole threads, so you can test it at home in five minutes. If it fails, email us and we refund you.
How to test saffron at homeGiving it? Choose a set
The Household Pair
The 10 g jar plus the Gift Box, $7.99 less than apart
$99.99
Details
The Saffron Gift Box holds two sealed 1 g bottles of all-red Afghan Super Negin saffron from one Herat harvest, in a gold-foiled box with a handwritten card. One to give, one to keep.
- 2 × 1 g whole all-red threads, 0.071 oz in total, about 900 threads
- About 120 cups of saffron tea between the two bottles
- Gold-foiled gift box with a handwritten card
- Harvest season printed on every bottle
- Single origin: Herat Province, Afghanistan, never blended
The two bottles alone are $25.98. The extra $2.01 pays for the box, the foil and the card, so it arrives ready to hand over without wrapping.
Saffron is a traditional gift at Eid, Nowruz, weddings and family visits. Cooking with it as well as giving it? The Household Pair adds the 10 g kitchen jar to this same gift box for $99.99, $7.99 less than buying the two apart.
New to saffron? Bloom 7 to 8 threads in warm water for a cup of tea. See how to bloom saffron.
Shipping & returns
Free U.S. shipping on orders over $50. Below that, standard shipping is $8.00; express is $15.00. Orders are packed by hand in Lynn, Massachusetts, usually within one business day, and ship with tracking. Choose "Give as a Gift" at checkout for wrap and a handwritten card.
Returns are accepted within 14 days for sealed, unopened items. Email us before sending anything back so we can provide return instructions.
FAQ
How much saffron do I use?
About 7 to 8 threads for a cup of tea and 15 to 20 for rice for four. Steep the threads in two tablespoons of warm, not boiling, water for 15 minutes first, then add the liquid and the threads together. Our saffron recipes give quantities dish by dish.
How do I know it's real?
Run the cold water test at home: real saffron colours the water slowly and the threads stay red, while dyed threads bleed colour at once and turn pale. If yours fails, email us and we refund you. The current lot's independent ISO 3632 certificate — crocin 294.5, picrocrocin 111.2, safranal 33.7 — is published on the Lab Report page.
Is it threads or powder?
Whole all-red threads, always. Powder is where adulteration hides, because you cannot see what is in it.
How many cups of tea does a gram make?
About 60. A gram is around 450 threads and a cup takes 7 to 8, so a cup costs 12¢ to 22¢ depending on the size you buy.
How long does saffron keep?
Two to three years sealed in its jar in a cool, dark cupboard. Keep it away from the stove and out of the fridge, where condensation gets in every time you open it. The harvest season is printed on every jar.
When will my order ship?
Orders are packed by hand in Lynn, Massachusetts, usually within one business day, and ship with tracking. U.S. shipping is free over $50; below that it is $8. Choose "Give as a Gift" at checkout for wrap and a handwritten card.
Single origin
Herat, Afghanistan. One province, and nowhere else.
95% of Afghanistan's saffron grows in Herat's high-desert valleys — the source of most of Afghanistan's saffron exports. Every bottle is all-red Super Negin, cut above the yellow style, harvest-dated, and covered by an independent ISO 3632 certificate — Category I, crocin 294.5. No blending, no vague 'imported', no powder.
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What to do with it tonight
Saffron. Hot water. Five golden minutes.
Warm the cup. Three to five threads. Water just off the boil. Wait five minutes and watch the gold spread — that slow bloom is the proof of the grade you just bought.
01
The Classic — Herati style, honey optional
02
The Golden Latte — milk, honey, cardamom
03
The Calm Cup — steeped long, with chamomile
Complete the gift
Pair it, or wrap it.
Pick your size above. Add a second bottle in the Gift Box and it becomes one to give, one to keep.
