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Great quality, fast shipping and a generally pleasant experience!
My two grams arrived yesterday, well packed from the company. The UPS guy was kind enough to flop the package where a rain spout was splashing all over it, but everything inside was nice and dry.
The tin looks like it'll be a reasonable container to keep the stuff fresh. It's going to keep it away from light, at the very least. The top of the tin unscrews, instead of clips on. While that may not seem like much, having a container where the lid snaps on and off can make it really easy to drop threads when opening.
Inside the tin is the good stuff. What I got was only incredible!
Of course there was a little dust in the bottom, but it wasn't much. The threads themselves were nice and pungent, with very little variation in color.
I pulled three of the threads out and put them in a little water and let them sit for a while to see what happened. The water remained nice and clear, but turned the yellow-amber-whatever color that you'd expect and there was no cloudiness, even after around 10 minutes. No little parts of unidentifiable plant matter, or strange clear things floating in there like grocery store, so as far as I can tell, this is great quality stuff and I have no buyer's remorse.
I sipped the water, just to see and sure enough, it tasted like water that'd been sitting in summer garden hose, just like you'd expect saffron to taste.
I don't think you can go wrong buying here!
December 2018 · Grocery and Gourmet Food · verified purchase