That’s nothing. Narrator: Ultimately, you'll need to hand-pick 170,000 flowers to create just one pound of saffron. The purple flowers only bloom over a 6-week period from late September to ...

Bulb-like corms, at top, produce saffron crocuses. Each purple flower contains three red stigmas, which are dried and cured to make saffron.Credit...Gabriella Angotti-Jones for The New York Times ...

This is where most of saffron is farmed in India, the world's second-largest producer behind Iran of the spice, which costs ...

"The way a flower perfumes the air, saffron perfumes a dish," says Ronna Welsh of Purple Kale Kitchenworks. "Its flavor is indirect, ephemeral; it’s almost hard to get your taste buds around ...

Nestled in a picturesque valley beneath the snow-capped Himalayas lies Pampore, a town in the Kashmir region, celebrated as ...

Come October, the crocus plants begin to bloom, covering the fields with bright purple flowers from which strands of fragrant red saffron are picked by hand, to be used in foods such as paella ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Purple flowers in Kashmir produce the world's most expensive spice — saffron. While it can sell for $10,000 per kilogram, climate change is making it even more ...