Maybe you are one of those people who find the title of this article interesting and ask yourself the types of saffron products? Are there different types of saffron? Then you think to yourself and say: <Oh, surely it means the saffron of different cities!> But I have to tell you that the story is beyond this. Of course, maybe you are one of those people who are saffron experts, and you are here only for more information.
It doesn’t matter which category you belong to. In any case, this article can be useful for you and answer many of your questions about various saffron products.
Shape and texture of saffron
Before anything else, let’s take a look at the picture below. The photo you see is the division of a string of saffron. Each saffron flower has an average of three of these strands, each of these strands are divided into different parts, which we will get to know about these divisions, properties and differences.
All kinds of saffron products
What is precious saffron?
This type of saffron is considered the best type of saffron with its wonderful aroma and appearance. As you can see in the photo, Nagin saffron includes the upper part of saffron, which is redder, and generally does not reach the orange part. The color of this red saffron is uniform and the branches are completely separate from each other, smooth and without breaks. Nagin saffron itself is divided into two types of super-Nagin and similar to Negin saffron.
What is semi-precious saffron?
The semi-precious saffron has been removed with less precision and a part of the lighter part of saffron has been added to it. That’s why the price of this type of saffron is lower than Nagin saffron.
What is super precious saffron?
Super precious saffron has larger and more beautiful stigmas. So it is natural that it has a higher price.
What is super precious saffron?
Maybe the name seems strange to you, but this type of saffron is one of the types of super rare saffron. Now why do they call it an iron? Does that mean they iron them? Not! They don’t iron saffron!
Actually, there are two ways to dry saffron: manual way and machine way.
The manual method, which is the same as the traditional method, makes the saffron not very smooth and slightly curled. But the smoothness of saffron branches is considered one of the most important standards of saffron for export. It is at this point that drying saffron with the help of a machine comes in! In this method, the saffron stigmas take a flat and press-like shape.
What is Sargol saffron?
The most widely used type of saffron is Sargol saffron. This saffron, in addition to the precious saffron, also includes a lower amount of saffron and its branches are separate like the precious saffron. It is natural that it has a cheaper price than Nagin saffron. Sargol’s saffron is also known by the names of Mumtaz, Sarqalam and Sar-Rom. The coarseness and thickness of the stigmas, as well as the absence of broken stigmas, increases the quality of this product.
What is Poshal saffron?
As you can see in the photo, this saffron includes part of the white part and the stigmas are stuck together. Due to the presence of a part of the white part in this saffron, it is of lower quality and cheaper than Sargol saffron.
What is Konj saffron (white/root/cream)?
This saffron includes only the lower and white part of the saffron bell. Despite the presence of valuable substances in the red part, this part of saffron also contains the properties of saffron. It is interesting to know that due to the presence of moisture, it has more fragrance than other saffrons; So, if the scent of saffron is very important to you and the color is not important to you, you can use this type of saffron at a lower price.
What is saffron handle or Dokhtarpich?
As you can see in the photo, this type of saffron includes all parts of saffron! Now why do they call her a bunch or a screw girl? Well, because they sell these strings together in two ways: one-way and two-way.
Grouping one strain
In this method, the stigmas are placed on top of each other and the creams are placed on top of each other.
Bilateral grouping
In this method, stigmas are placed on both sides and creams are placed in the middle of them.
Now that you are familiar with the different types of saffron products, both general information has been added to your general information, and from now on, you will be more careful when buying saffron and buy according to your needs.