In this episode of Local Obsessions, Hashim Aslami, a successful saffron producer and Afghanistan’s top advisor in the saffron …
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How The World's Most Expensive Spice Is Harvested
In this episode of Local Obsessions, Hashim Aslami, a successful saffron producer and Afghanistan’s top advisor in the saffron …
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Iran saffron are best
this is why Americans join the army for opium and spices
I pulled a 10-month tour in Afghanistan. One of the most hospitable people I've met, and I've been around a bit. It amazed me how things just grew after rainfall. I always thought that agriculture could be an amazing export for this country. Now I'm here learning that saffron is from here as well. I was in Kandahar rather than Herat though.
I see 1 mistake in the comments about pay…I also think the pay is low but you guys are mixing two things…They pay 1 dollar for 1 kilo of FLOWERS PROCESSED and the ladies can produce 3-4 kilos OF SAFFRON…Also, I suppose they are talking about FRESH saffron which is heavier than dry…
One freshly picked flower yields an average 30 mg (0.0011 oz) of fresh saffron or 7 mg (0.00025 oz) dried; roughly 150 flowers yield 1 g (0.035 oz) of dry saffron threads; to produce 12 g (0.42 oz) of dried saffron, 1 kg (2.2 lb) of flowers are needed; 1 lb (0.45 kg) yields 0.2 oz (5.7 g) of dried saffron.
To glean 1 lb (450 g) of dry saffron requires the harvest of 50,000–75,000 flowers; a kilogram requires 110,000–170,000 flowers.
i thought the thumbnail was coronavirus lol
Wow
I thought it was made in Saffron City
The Afghan Company probably doesn't make that much money. It's the US and European companies that make the money. Just like in Coffee. Most people are not aware how many times a bag of coffee beans passes hands starting from the farmer until it's handed to you as a macchiato by the barrista at your favorite coffee shop.
Guy looks like he spends more money on his suit that these women’s salaries
Great video but the music was way too loud and overbearing
Both poppy and saffron can be cultivate in afgan . It's you to choose which to go for . .
So glad i saw this video puts a different perspective to me on Afghanistan as a whole , hopefully others (politicians) will take heed and peacefully end conflict! Jmo!
The fucking gall of the boss dude to walk around with his suit and iphone in the fields paying the workers 1$ for 1k$ wholesale worth of product lol, there is absolutely no chance that margin is all spent on middle men.
The best zafran in the world is from Morocco taliwin
That was very informative! I like these style of videos
Hope Afghanistan returns back to normalcy
Love and best wishes from your indian brothers
Amazing 😉 god bless all of us
1 kilo of good Afghan saffron is about 3500 dollars USD
To all the Americans going "Look here y'all only 4 dollars a day!?!?"
A: Your own minimum wages are laughably low compared to many other countries.
B: The cost of living in Afghanistan is not the same as the cost of living in the US.
C: No Afghanistan is not the capital of Norway.
You're welcome, have a nice day.
The spice…..the spice melange…..
So this channel is romanticizing (or at least not even interrogating) migrant and child labor….?
Iranian Safferon by far is the best.
Does it make u hi?
Yes, yes, slow clap for slave labor
Google brought me to this ;-;
Only yesterday anyone?
@Ben… Wow! Are we the only ones that know the difference between an compound adjective and a compound sentence, what a split doublet vs. a split infinitive, a pronoun or a split infinitive versus a split doublet??
Just Google:
Saffron substitutes
I hope to see Afghanistan come to see peace and stability! Thank for the interesting video 🙏
why is this on munchies
They work for basically nothing if they only make $1.00 per kilo smh
Safforn slave workers. Horrible pay. How am I supposed to change my view of Afghanistan when he's treats his workers with shit pay for hours of work. smh
Iran is by far the largest Saffron producer in the world, and it isn't even close
Awesome dude, way to help your people out and bring work back to Afghanistan. Your country needs more people like you who wanna help the people out and progress the country in a better direction.
This is so sad. Iran has lost so much. Now Afghanistan has better saffron:((
Hate, hate, hate SUBTITLES!!!
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this is the another side of Afghanistan people usually don't know about! thanks for bringing it up munchies 🇦🇫
Good for the eyes when made in tea, super expensive
Imagine thinking you serve people honestly when you pay workers less than $5 per a day
$4000 a kg and they get 4 dollars. Dont yall love capitalism
Subtitles are too fast. You need to slow them down. I had to rewind so many times, it made the video unenjoyable.
Hey you guys want freedom and liberty? I know a guy 🤣
I feel like Saffron is literally the only way for Afghanistan to really have a good economy. Aside from Opium Poppy growing this is probably the next best resource they have there.
It retails for roughly $1,000 a kg and they harvest 4kg a day. They’re literally paid a few dollars a day