More expensive than gold. Harvested by hand at dawn. There is a reason saffron costs what it does, and it is not what you think.

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beestrot.com · Jean Louis

More expensive than gold. Harvested by hand at dawn. There is a reason saffron costs what it does, and it is not what you think.

#saffron #food #herbsandspices #spicehistory #finedining #crocussativus #amazing

A twelve-year-old slave figured out in seconds what European botanists had failed to do for decades. The vanilla in your kitchen exists because of him.

#vanilla #EdmondAlbius #spicehistory #FoodHistory #Madagascar #FoodStories #Bluesky #Cooksky #Flipboard

beestrot.com · Jean Louis

A twelve-year-old slave figured out in seconds what European botanists had failed to do for decades. The vanilla in your kitchen exists because of him.

#vanilla #edmondalbius #spicehistory #foodhistory #madagascar #foodstories