SAFIRA SPINOSA · MAISON MAROC
Taliouine Saffron Threads
$29.95
Cradled in the mountains of Taliouine, no soil on earth produces saffron quite like this. A flower that opens for ten mornings a year; four hundred and fifty thousand stigmas for a single kilogram. Deeper in colour, ambrosial in aroma, unmistakable in flavour.
Bloom warm or over ice, then elevate a ceviche leche de tigre, a crème catalane, or the timeless risotto alla Milanese.
Origin: Taliouine, Souss-Massa, Morocco · AOP/PDO Safran de Taliouine
Harvest: Hand-picked at dawn; crimson stigmas separated flower by flower
Grade: ISO 3632 Category I · whole threads · 2g net weight
Product Profile & Provenance
A flower gathered before the sun rises: deep crimson threads, floral warmth and an aroma that unfolds by degrees.
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Origin |
Taliouine Province – Anti-Atlas, Morocco |
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Designation |
PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) — Safran de Taliouine; Category I ISO 3632 |
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Botanical |
Crocus sativus L. Autumn-flowering, hand-harvested dawn to sunrise. |
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Morphology |
Full stigma with partial style; traditional hand-separation by female cooperative members. |
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Sensory Profile |
ISO 3632 Premium Category I: safranal ≥30, picrocrocin ≥82, crocin ≥201. |
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Flavor Notes |
Metallic honey; hay/floral; iodine mineral depth; bitter-sweet finish with long, perfumed persistence. |
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Harvest |
October–November; each flower yields 3 stigmas; 350,000 – 400,000 threads per kg of dried saffron. |
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Supply |
Produced by female-led agricultural cooperatives under PDO /ADP traceability framework. |
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