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So... 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?
by poulsbohemian 3y ago
So... 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.