{"id":1721,"date":"2021-05-15T11:48:37","date_gmt":"2021-05-15T10:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sarasaffron.com\/staging\/?page_id=1721"},"modified":"2021-05-24T10:55:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T09:55:21","slug":"sara-saffron-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sarasaffron.com\/staging\/about\/sara-saffron-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Sara Saffron Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av-layout-grid-1'  class='av-layout-grid-container entry-content-wrapper main_color av-flex-cells     avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_layout_row  avia-builder-el-first  container_wrap sidebar_right' style=' '  >\n<div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_one_half  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_cell_one_half  avia-builder-el-first   avia-full-stretch av-zero-padding lazyload\"  style='height:400px; min-height:400px;background:inherit; vertical-align:middle; padding:0px; background-color:#d48a68; '  data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/sarasaffron.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/sara-saffron-story.jpg) top left no-repeat scroll #d48a68\"><div class='flex_cell_inner' ><\/div><\/div><div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_one_half  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_cell_one_half  avia-builder-el-last   \"  style='height:400px; min-height:400px;background: #d48b68; vertical-align:middle; padding:80px; background-color:#d48b68; ' ><div class='flex_cell_inner' ><div  style='padding-bottom:25px; color:#ffffff;font-size:34px;' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3 custom-color-heading blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-3  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  av-inherit-size '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Our Story<\/h3><div class ='av-subheading av-subheading_below av_custom_color ' style='font-size:15px;'><p>The story of Sara Saffron goes back hundreds of years taking in historical greats from Persian history, the fertile fields of Khorasan and the famous crocus sativus harvest.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' style='border-color:#ffffff'><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id='av-layout-grid-2'  class='av-layout-grid-container entry-content-wrapper main_color av-flex-cells     avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_layout_row  el_before_av_heading  submenu-not-first container_wrap sidebar_right' style=' '  >\n<div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_one_half  avia-builder-el-5  el_before_av_cell_one_half  avia-builder-el-first   \"  style='background: #620909; vertical-align:top; padding:3px; background-color:#620909; ' ><div class='flex_cell_inner' ><\/div><\/div><div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_one_half  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_cell_one_half  avia-builder-el-last   \"  style='background: #620909; vertical-align:top; padding:2px; background-color:#620909; ' ><div class='flex_cell_inner' ><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><div id='after_submenu_2'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right' style=' '  ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-1721'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'><\/p>\n<div  style='padding-bottom:20px; font-size:34px;' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h1  blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_layout_row  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  av-inherit-size '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Sara Saffron Story<\/h1><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><div id=\"output\" class=\"page-generator__output js-generator-output\">\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sara Saffron may be a modern business, but its roots stretch back hundreds of years. Those roots supply a thread that carry Sara Shimi, back to the Khorasan province of Persia \u2013 home to her ancestors. Most notably, home to Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, a great scientist and scholar fortunate enough to live through and witness The Golden Age of progress in the region.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Just as Sara felt inspired by stories of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nasir_al-Din_al-Tusi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">al-Tusi<\/a>, told to her by her grandmother over cups of golden saffron tea, so al-Tusi was inspired by others. Not least <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Avicenna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Avicenna (Ibn Sina)<\/a> now recognised as the father of modern medicine and writer of many medical encyclopaedias.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1874\" style=\"width: 858px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1874\" class=\"wp-image-1874 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sarasaffron.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/nasir-al-din-al-tusi.jpg\" alt=\"Nasir al-Din al-Tusi\" width=\"848\" height=\"477\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sarasaffron.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/nasir-al-din-al-tusi.jpg 848w, https:\/\/sarasaffron.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/nasir-al-din-al-tusi-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sarasaffron.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/nasir-al-din-al-tusi-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sarasaffron.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/nasir-al-din-al-tusi-705x397.jpg 705w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 848px) 100vw, 848px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 848px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 848\/477;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1874\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nasir al-Din al-Tusi &#8211; A great Persian scientist and scholar from the Golden Age of Progress.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Yet of all the stories her grandmother told her about her distant ancestor, one remained with her above all others. This was the story Sara could never let go. It was the story of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gardenersworld.com\/plants\/crocus-sativus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crocus sativus<\/a>. The humble crocus flourished throughout the fields in Khorasan and coloured the tea she shared with her grandmother.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Saffron comes from the crocus flower, named after a boy called Crocus, companion to Hermes, the mighty Greek god, who accidentally killed Crocus and changed him into a flower.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The flower was supposedly named after a boy called <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crocus_(mythology)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crocus<\/a>, companion to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldhistory.org\/Hermes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hermes<\/a>, the Greek god of wealth, travel, and sleep. Sadly, Hermes accidentally killed Crocus, and changed the boy into a flower in memory of him. It is from this flower that we take the stigmas to dry out to finally harvest saffron.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1879\" style=\"width: 858px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1879\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1879 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sarasaffron.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/hermes-the-greek-god-killed-a-boy-called-crocus.jpg\" alt=\"Hermes, the greek god accidentally killed a boy called Crocus\" width=\"848\" height=\"565\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sarasaffron.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/hermes-the-greek-god-killed-a-boy-called-crocus.jpg 848w, https:\/\/sarasaffron.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/hermes-the-greek-god-killed-a-boy-called-crocus-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sarasaffron.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/hermes-the-greek-god-killed-a-boy-called-crocus-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sarasaffron.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/hermes-the-greek-god-killed-a-boy-called-crocus-705x470.jpg 705w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 848px) 100vw, 848px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 848px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 848\/565;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1879\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hermes, the greek god accidentally killed a boy named Crocus, then transformed him in to a flower.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sara remained fascinated by the story of Crocus, the god\u2019s tribute to his untimely passing, and the fields of crocus sativus growing around her grandmother\u2019s home. Avicenna was also fascinated, centuries earlier, writing about the flower and its stigmas. He shared knowledge of the spice derived from those stigmas, and its apparent powers to aid good health.<\/p>\n<p>The crocus sativus requires specific conditions in which to grow. Those conditions are best met in the fertile fields of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Khorasan_Province\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Khorasan<\/a>, known today as the saffron region, in north eastern Iran.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1883\" style=\"width: 858px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1883\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1883 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sarasaffron.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/crocus-sativus-thrives-in-the-fertile-fields-of-khorasan.jpg\" alt=\"The crocus sativus thrives in the fertile fields of Khorasan\" width=\"848\" height=\"565\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sarasaffron.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/crocus-sativus-thrives-in-the-fertile-fields-of-khorasan.jpg 848w, https:\/\/sarasaffron.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/crocus-sativus-thrives-in-the-fertile-fields-of-khorasan-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sarasaffron.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/crocus-sativus-thrives-in-the-fertile-fields-of-khorasan-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sarasaffron.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/crocus-sativus-thrives-in-the-fertile-fields-of-khorasan-705x470.jpg 705w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 848px) 100vw, 848px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 848px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 848\/565;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1883\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crocus sativus has thrived in the fertile fields of Khorasan for centuries.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><div id=\"output\" class=\"page-generator__output js-generator-output\">\n<p>Through the stories of Sara\u2019s grandmother and the knowledge of her ancestor, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, and the writings of Avicenna, Sara learned about this natural wonder, saffron. She immersed herself in the history, the myth, the legend, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/sarasaffron.com\/staging\/saffron\/saffron-health-benefits\/\">health benefits<\/a> we derive from it today.<\/p>\n<p>She learned about harvest time, in October each year, when over 400,000 people of all ages rise before dawn to pick the stigmas from the flowers at the most opportune time. It takes over 170,000 flowers to produce a single kilogram of this most delicate and vibrant of spices.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It takes over 170,000 flowers to produce enough threads for a single kilogram of saffron<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>No machinery, no modern processes. Just many human hands, as locals band together to perform this delicate work at just the right time. Work that Sara first heard about many years ago from her grandmother, as she gazed out at the fields beyond her home in Khorasan.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1872\" style=\"width: 858px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1872\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1872 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sarasaffron.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/collecting-saffron-stigma-from-the-crocus-sativus.jpg\" alt=\"Collecting saffron stigma from the flower of the crocus sativus\" width=\"848\" height=\"566\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sarasaffron.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/collecting-saffron-stigma-from-the-crocus-sativus.jpg 848w, https:\/\/sarasaffron.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/collecting-saffron-stigma-from-the-crocus-sativus-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sarasaffron.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/collecting-saffron-stigma-from-the-crocus-sativus-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sarasaffron.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/collecting-saffron-stigma-from-the-crocus-sativus-705x471.jpg 705w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 848px) 100vw, 848px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 848px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 848\/566;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1872\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Collecting saffron stigma from the flower of the crocus sativus.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And so, Sara Saffron was born, a modern link in a chain that goes back many hundreds of years and to the myths of Persia that lie beyond. Even though the stories of her grandmother are consigned to the past, Sara\u2019s passion for saffron is firmly rooted in today. 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