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Rumi Saffron and its Mission Featured at the Parabere Forum - Rumi Spice

Rumi Saffron and its Mission Featured at the Pa...

Kim Jung, CEO of Rumi Spice, spoke last week as a featured presenter at the Parabere Forum, an organization which brings together women in gastronomy and the culinary arts to...

Rumi Saffron and its Mission Featured at the Pa...

Kim Jung, CEO of Rumi Spice, spoke last week as a featured presenter at the Parabere Forum, an organization which brings together women in gastronomy and the culinary arts to...

Saffron Cultivation at Record High in Afghanistan - Rumi Spice

Saffron Cultivation at Record High in Afghanistan

Saffron Cultivation hits record high as Afghanistan saffron is again named world's best.

Saffron Cultivation at Record High in Afghanistan

Saffron Cultivation hits record high as Afghanistan saffron is again named world's best.

Introducing RUMI - Rumi Spice

Introducing RUMI

“Yesterday is gone and its tale told. Today new seeds are growing.” – Rumi

Introducing RUMI

“Yesterday is gone and its tale told. Today new seeds are growing.” – Rumi

Rumi Spice Empowering Afghan Women - Rumi Spice

Rumi Spice Empowering Afghan Women

One by one, the women came up to me as Abdul Faisal wrote their carefully picked piles of saffron stigmas. He made small corrections on where they cut the stigmas...

Rumi Spice Empowering Afghan Women

One by one, the women came up to me as Abdul Faisal wrote their carefully picked piles of saffron stigmas. He made small corrections on where they cut the stigmas...

Meet Haji Ibrahim and Haji Ghaffar - Rumi Spice

Meet Haji Ibrahim and Haji Ghaffar

Meet Haji Ibrahim and Haji Ghaffar. These two came strolling into our offices with big bellied laughs. They’re brothers from the Ghuryan District, and they looked very fine in their...

Meet Haji Ibrahim and Haji Ghaffar

Meet Haji Ibrahim and Haji Ghaffar. These two came strolling into our offices with big bellied laughs. They’re brothers from the Ghuryan District, and they looked very fine in their...

Saffron Is the New Opium... Sort Of - Rumi Spice

Saffron Is the New Opium... Sort Of

 “As a member of Afghanistan, I want to help my people to reduce growing narcotics - and saffron as you may know is an alternative crop.” Shakoor Ehrarri works with...

Saffron Is the New Opium... Sort Of

 “As a member of Afghanistan, I want to help my people to reduce growing narcotics - and saffron as you may know is an alternative crop.” Shakoor Ehrarri works with...

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How to Measure and Recognize Saffron Quality

The differences in the taste profiles of real and fake saffron are pronounced. Fake saffron—which is often colored with red food coloring or other foreign substances —will either lack flavor entirely or have a bitter metallic taste. On the other hand, real saffron will have a strong floral scent and the will have a floral and earthy taste, the kind of flavor you’re looking for saffron to impart.

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