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Saffron of La Mancha

Las Mesas, La Mancha Conquense, Cuenca

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Saffron of La Mancha

Food and drink · Las Mesas, La Mancha Conquense, Cuenca

Stigmas of Crocus sativus gathered by hand in October and toasted in a sieve over embers, with a Protected Designation of Origin. Something of the order of two hundred thousand flowers are needed to gather a kilo, hence its price and the collective autumn stripping.

Photo: Yo_azafranal2008.jpg: Madridejos derivative work: Nachosan (talk) (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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