Saffron: The Spice of Gold

We filmed the whole process of producing saffron, from planting the bulbs and tending the plants to hand-picking the delicate flowers, sorting them and packing the finished spice.

If you have ever wondered why saffron is so expensive, this saffron documentary shows the answer: every step is done by hand, with precision and care.

Each flower yields only three tiny red threads, so a huge number of flowers is needed for even a small amount of spice. See more of our documentary work.