Saffron Della Roma

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Authentic saffron grown in the heart of the Regional Natural Park of the Catalan Pyrenees

The saffron enjoys a unique micro climate in France with an average of 320 sunny days per year. Altitude also appreciated by the bulbs and the soil well-drained sandy loam, gives them an ideal environment.
On a former orchard fallow for years, one hundred thousand corms of Crocus Sativus were planted either twenty acres which overlap in the autumn with a carpet of purple flowers and Violets, surrounded by green long narrow leaves.

No fertilizer or pesticide, organic fertilizer only...

No fertilizer or chemical pesticides are used. Only organic fertilizer are use under agreement and manure from sheep herders who share the same respect for the planet.

The flowers are harvested at dawn, before the outbreak caused by the sun, it’s with loving care that stigma is then trimmed and dried between 30 and 50 ° C over a wood stove or on dehydrator.

You can then find it a month later and enjoy the festive alchemy and distinguished "real" Catalan saffron.

Things to know: before being a condiment, saffron was used for its medicinal properties. It releases energy, relieves spasms, calms burns and pain. In general, the Saffron acts on the nervous system. It is both analgesic and tonic.

(source: www.safran-bio.fr)

Company visit: history and culture of saffron (30 to 90 minutes long) - individual and groups (maximum of 30 to 35 people) - Open 9am to 12am and from 2pm to 7pm (5pm in winter) - free or visit tours by reservation for groups - flowering mid-October to early November - free - on-site sales and tasting.

This business is listed in the Guide for Tourism Economic Discovery edited by CCI of Perpignan and the Pyrenees-Orientals