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Rumi Spice Appears on ABC's Shark Tank
From the Battlefields of Afghanistan into the Shark Tank Watch Team Rumi take on the Sharks on ABC Friday August 25th, 8pm | 7pm CST We're excited to announce that...
Rumi Spice Appears on ABC's Shark Tank
From the Battlefields of Afghanistan into the Shark Tank Watch Team Rumi take on the Sharks on ABC Friday August 25th, 8pm | 7pm CST We're excited to announce that...
Rumi Spice and Frontier partner with Purdue Uni...
BANGALORE, INDIA (AUGUST 9, 2017) – This week, Rumi Spice and Purdue University traveled to Bangalore India to train 6 young graduates of Herat University in quality assurance and...
Rumi Spice and Frontier partner with Purdue Uni...
BANGALORE, INDIA (AUGUST 9, 2017) – This week, Rumi Spice and Purdue University traveled to Bangalore India to train 6 young graduates of Herat University in quality assurance and...
There is a path to even the highest mountain
Before I met the team at Rumi Spice, about the only thing I knew about saffron was that it was a very expensive spice used predominately in some Middle Eastern...
There is a path to even the highest mountain
Before I met the team at Rumi Spice, about the only thing I knew about saffron was that it was a very expensive spice used predominately in some Middle Eastern...
Rumi welcomes the French Laundry
Rumi proudly and gratefully welcomes The French Laundry onto the Rumi team. Saffron from farmers in Afghanistan graces the tables of the one of the foundational institutions of the...
Rumi welcomes the French Laundry
Rumi proudly and gratefully welcomes The French Laundry onto the Rumi team. Saffron from farmers in Afghanistan graces the tables of the one of the foundational institutions of the...
Nowruz Celebration with Chef Josh Lewin and Rum...
Happy 1398! Celebrate Nowruz 2019 with Rumi! We can't believe we've been at it for four years. So much has changed, from being a ground breaking company connecting rural Afghan...
Nowruz Celebration with Chef Josh Lewin and Rum...
Happy 1398! Celebrate Nowruz 2019 with Rumi! We can't believe we've been at it for four years. So much has changed, from being a ground breaking company connecting rural Afghan...
International Women's Day
Today marks International Women’s Day, and we at Rumi are proud to be a vanguard for empowering Afghan women through for-profit enterprise. Saffron, the world’s most valuable spice and grown at...
International Women's Day
Today marks International Women’s Day, and we at Rumi are proud to be a vanguard for empowering Afghan women through for-profit enterprise. Saffron, the world’s most valuable spice and grown at...
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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.