Have you heard of
saffron
? It’s the
most expensive spice
in the world, costing up to
$5,000 per pound
Saffron comes from tiny parts of a flower called
stigmas
. Each flower only has
three strands
!
To get
one pound
of saffron, farmers pick
75,000 flowers
! That’s a lot of work.
Farmers
hand-pick
each saffron strand early in the morning. It takes lots of time
Saffron grows in sunny places like
Iran, Spain, India, Greece,
and
Morocco
. It needs perfect soil and sunshine!
Saffron is pricey because it’s hard to grow, takes so much work to harvest, and needs special places to grow.
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