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I used to work in a spice factory. Unlike everything else, they locked the saffron up separately. There were detailed weight logs for when we hand packed (with
by sillywalk 3y ago
I used to work in a spice factory. Unlike everything else, they locked the saffron up separately. There were detailed weight logs for when we hand packed (with tweezers) it into jars. We were told it was worth more by weight than cocaine.
- pelagicAustral 3y agoI'm taking the cocaine wasn't locked then...
- hinkley 3y agoI would assume the cocaine at a spice factory would be locked up better and in the same manner as it is locked up at a brokerage.
- throwup238 3y agoAll over the bathroom counter?
- sillywalk 3y agoIt was just in an unlocked dresser. "Always separate the drugs." https://youtu.be/b6pTHW46b8k?t=44 https://youtu.be/b6pTHW46b8k?t=44
- huytersd 3y agoIt is. My family runs a saffron business in India and we check all our employees every night when they leave.
- IAmGraydon 3y agoSaffron ranges from $2 - $10 per gram for retail amounts in different parts of the world and less at wholesale. It’s expensive, but nowhere near the price of cocaine.
- poulsbohemian 3y agoSo... help me understand why it's on the order of $20-30 (or more) in my grocery store or via well-known spice merchants online?
- JohnFen 3y agoJust guessing that the price varies hugely depending on where in the world you're buying it. I'd expect it to be cheaper the closer you are to a saffron-producing nation. A bit like how, if you're used to how cheap avocados are on the US west coast, you can suffer from sticker shock when buying them on the east side.
- Iulioh 3y agoWe do produce it in Italy but still costs like 5-6.000€/kg and sold in less than 1gr packets Edit: Seems like the top producer, Iran, does make 160.000 kg/year. From the list I found online the sum of the next 9 countries is less than 20.000kg
- dylan604 3y agoOr gasoline being cheaper closer to the refineries so California is farked on cheap gas
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- Eager 3y agoThe grocery store relies on the mystique of the thing. The people making those expensive jars probably also seed articles online about it being extremely expensive. Then when the average person goes to the store they look at it and aren't shocked by the ridiculous price because somewhere at the back of their mind they will have read it is worth more than gold. lol. Meanwhile, anyone in the know is buying it by the wheel for quite reasonable amounts, and likely better purity.
- azza2110 3y ago