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Interesting.  Thanks.

Perhaps I'll go back & ask a few questions.

Originally posted by HistoricFoodie HistoricFoodie wrote:

Perhaps so, Darko. And if so, that's really great.

I'd like to know where they're getting it, though. My price is $2.80/gram when I buy in bulk.
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There are a couple of other possibilities you should be aware of.
 
One is quality. In those small quantities you probably don't have an ISO breakdown (or the Spanish equivilent). But you can roughly tell quality by the percentage of yellow tendrils; the higher the percentage of yellow the lower the quality.
 
There is a bigger problem, though, and it's appeared primarily through Indian and some Mid-eastern outlets: counterfeit saffron. I forget exactly where it comes from, but it's not quite the same thing even though it looks the same. Part of the problem is that the retailer might not know himself that it's counterfeit, and is dealing in good faith.  
 
At least you aren't being ripped off, though. A lot of the counterfeiters are selling it at regular saffron prices; like 12 bucks or so for those little vials.
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Well, I went back to get some more. Alas the price is now $3.99 per gram. It's Sun brand from Spain, and the proprietor assured me he gets it from the  official Canadian distributor.  Last batch I used to make some paella, out of the whole gram I used, I saw maybe 5 yellow tendrils.  It's looking pretty good so far.
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Why "alas" Darko?
 
If it's good stuff---and apparently it is---$3.99/gram is still a very good price. That would work out at about $114/oz.
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What can I say? $2.99 was betterSmile

Then again, when I went  to buy more, they had Jaggery!!! So I bought some for $2.69 per kilo.
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