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by Eager 811 days ago
Grinding with sugar is definitely the way to go. I generally buy a big wheel of Iranian Saffron on eBay or a Persian shop, then grind it all up in a mortar and pestle with some sugar and store it in a spice jar in a dark cupboard. Then when you need it you don't need to be faffing about. If you want to be fancy, save a few whole strands that you can add to rice for decoration, but using whole stamens is really not necessary.
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> I generally buy a big wheel of Iranian Saffron on eBay or a Persian shop

Shouldn't this be a dead ringer for the stuff being fake? We don't trade with Iran.

I think that's just the US, though, right?

UK imported 11 tons of saffron from Iran in 2023 - https://wits.worldbank.org/trade/comtrade/en/country/GBR/yea...

Did you know that not everyone on HN is American? This is such a silly I'm the main character syndrome.
Yes we do.