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Which Part of the Saffron Flower Is Harvested for the Spice?
Which part of the Crocus sativus flower is harvested to produce saffron spice?
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What is the answer to the saffron flower riddle?
The answer is the stigmas, the three thin red threads inside each Crocus sativus flower. They are hand-picked and dried to become saffron spice.
Why is saffron so expensive?
Each flower has only three tiny red stigmas, and it takes more than 150 flowers to produce a single gram. All of them are harvested by hand, which makes saffron the most expensive spice in the world.
What part of the saffron crocus is used as a spice?
Only the red stigmas are used. The petals, leaves and pollen are not part of the saffron spice.