Midaspire Solutions Private Limited

Ashok Nagar, Bangalore, Karnataka

Kashmir holds the proud destination of being saffron sacred places in India. Kistwad and Pampore are the place for which Kashmir is famous for this explicit spice across the globe. The saffron available here is popular with the name Kashmir Saffron or Kashmiri Mogra.Kashmiri Mogra grown out here is considered the world's Best Saffron for its extremely long silky threads and with a thicker head. These saffron are also of a deep red color with powerful colouring qualities, extra ordinary aroma, flavouring capabilities. Each Saffron flower that is harvested is handpicked and the filaments are manually removed from the flower which takes a long time a large no. of skilled labours are required to do this job and That's why it is said to be world’s most expensive saffron.

This grade consists of ONLY dark red stigma tips and has the highest quality compared to the other types. Sargol saffron is the pure saffron with no broken stand and has the ISO reading of 260-270. Due to accumulation of saffron’s active components in stigmas, Persian Sargol has a very strong aroma and rich coloring capacity.

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Pushal saffron is the stigma part of the plant attached to a 1-3 mm style end. According to ISO 3632 system, this type falls into grade II category that has a color reading of up to 250. Although Pushal does not have Sargol`s pure texture and premium quality, but some consumers prefer to purchase Iranian Pushal to be assured of saffron validity and authenticity.

Although Persian Sargol is considered as the premium saffron, there is another variation of Sargol Saffron. If three stigma threads are attached together and form a cluster, this type of saffron is called Negin. Since production of Negin saffron is an extremely delicate and precise manual skill, it is the most expensive type of saffron and very limited to offer. The ISO reading of Negin is usually more than 270.