The Gathering Of Saffron is 140 Years Old Brand The Gathering Of Saffron offers the Highest Quality (Super Negin) Grade Saffron Threads/Spice for all Culinary Uses. All-Natural Saffron, No additives, Fillers or Artificial Dyes. Always Fresh, we strive to deliver you the freshest Saffron from the most recent crop always. Our Saffron threads are all-red, pure and unadulterated. We select our crop from the highest quality Saffron Flowers Saffron is Antioxidant, Energy booster, beauty enhancer, full of vitamins. Saffron is known as "the king of spices," and as the world's most expensive spice. Saffron is made from the dried stigmas of the flower species crocus. Each flower of the crocus sativus has only three pistils, and these must be picked by hand. Over 70,000 flowers are required to yield 1 pound of saffron. It has been used since classical times as a flavoring in food and wine. It is an effective stimulant and digestive, increasing the flow of saliva and digestive juices. The very best saffron is grown in Valencia, Spain. Unlike some saffron, ours is made from the full stems and not ground-up pieces that can easily be adulterated. The price of saffron is dependent on its coloring power (graded categories i to iv with i being the strongest). The select is category 1 and the sierra is category ii.