GR-C Western Macedonia
Krokos Kozanis PDO saffron, 4 g
Κρόκος Κοζάνης
Four grams of Krokos Kozanis PDO saffron in the cooperative’s gift size, from Kozani, Western Macedonia. Enough for a season of cooking, and insured outside the EU.
Price €36.00
Includes 13% Greek VAT.
Ships to Greece: €3.90, 1 to 3 working days. Shipping and duties
Origin record πίναξ
- Where
- Kozani, Western Macedonia, GR-C
- How
- Hand-harvested flowers, stigmas separated and dried, cooperative-sorted and packed
- Protected
- Krokos Kozanis PDO (EU eAmbrosia). Check the register on ec.europa.eu (opens in a new tab)
- Maker
- [partner to be sourced]
- Fake test
- Warm-water test: drop a few threads into warm water. Dyed fillers such as safflower, dyed corn silk and dyed threads release their colour fast. Buy only cooperative-packed PDO saffron. Source: foodfraudadvisors.com (opens in a new tab) Field Notes: How to use saffron threads: steep, measure, store, The saffron water test
Full record
- Material
- Dried stigmas of the saffron crocus
- Coordinates
- 40.30 N, 21.79 E
- VAT class
- 13% reduced rate (food)
- Ships to
- Ships to Greece. Open zones: Greece, European Union, US and Canada.Insured outside the EU. Greece, EU, US and Canada, duties paid outside the EU; FDA Prior Notice for the US. UK after our UK VAT registration.
- Compliance
- Cooperative PDO pack only, no repacking. FDA Prior Notice for US orders. Insured outside the EU.
- Sources
- Status
- In stock
- SKU
- PX-KRO-4
Illustration of the object and its place, not a photograph of a named maker.
The address
Western Macedonia Δυτική Μακεδονία
A landlocked upland region on the northern mainland. Around Kozani, at about 40.30 N, 21.79 E, the autumn crocus is grown for Krokos Kozanis, an EU Protected Designation of Origin saffron.
About this object
What it is
A gift size of saffron: four grams of Krokos Kozanis PDO threads, four times our 1 g pack, sealed by the Kozani producers’ cooperative. It suits someone who cooks, or a kitchen that wants saffron for a whole season. To try Greek saffron in a smaller amount first, start with the 1 g Krokos Kozanis pack.
Where and how it is made
Kozani, Western Macedonia (GR-C). The flowers are picked in autumn, the red stigmas separated by hand and dried, then sorted and packed by the cooperative, which has held exclusive rights to the crop since 1971. We sell the pack as it leaves the cooperative.
How to use it
As a gift, it is small, light and insured outside the EU, so it travels well by post. In the kitchen, four grams lasts through many dishes: pilaf, fish soups, sweet breads. For each one, crumble a few threads into warm stock and let them steep before cooking.
What we have not verified yet
The cooperative sells directly and this is a Wave 1 candidate, but the contract is still to be signed. We cannot yet state the harvest year for the first stock. Saffron fraud is common, so check any saffron with the warm-water test below, including ours. US orders need FDA Prior Notice.
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In stock
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Name day tin
3 regions, PDO
Being verified
