Where's the best place to buy saffron powder?

[Anonymous]

I'm in an Indian grocery store and they don't have it.

Any recommendations?

[Anonymous]

You mean the saffron threads? That’s what you should be buying. Penzey’s will have it.

[Anonymous]

An Indian grocery store will also sell saffron threads. I’ve never heard of saffron powder.

[Anonymous]

Indian here. You buy threads, and crush them into a powder with a mortar and pestle before infusing them in a liquid for use.
If anyone is selling saffron powder, chances are it's not pure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm in an Indian grocery store and they don't have it.

Any recommendations?

They will have saffron threads in tin boxes behind the counter.

[Anonymous]

You don’t even need to crush the threads. Just infuse them in hot liquid.

[Anonymous]

Agree, threads are the way to go. It is also very expensive so likely secured from shoplifters.

[Anonymous]

I get mine at the Indian store, or sometimes at Costco.

[Anonymous]

Ask the cashier or a worker. You won’t find it on the shelf with other spices in the Indian store.

[Anonymous]

Because Saffron powder is not an India thing, plenty of places that are not centered around India (yes this is allowed) have saffron powder.

https://www.google.com/search?q=saffron+powder&oq=saffron+powder&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyDAgAEEUYORixAxiABDIGCAEQRRg9MgcIAhAAGIAEMgcIAxAAGIAEMgcIBBAAGIAEMgcIBRAAGIAEMgcIBhAAGIAEMgcIBxAAGIAEMgcICBAAGIAEMgcICRAAGIAE0gEIOTA3OWowajSoAgCwAgA&client=ms-android-comcast-us-revc&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

[Anonymous]

Costco sometimes has them.

[Anonymous]

Persian friend will hook you up with the best Persian saffron threads or someone passing though Dubai. Sold by the ounce.

Signed,
An Indian

[Anonymous]

Here: https://www.goldensaffron.com/?gad=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwjt-oBhDKARIsABVRB0x1v2QOBTxwzQXs0wC3QoSuNPugaGHMbcUOxd4LzJraO2b4rrflUaUaAurJEALw_wcB

They also sell through Amazon.

[Anonymous]

Hispanic aisle - azafran.

[Anonymous]

Thank you all.
I went to a small Turkish market and thry didn't have it.
Went to a bigger middle eastern market and they did have the threads behind the counter. They also introduced me to liquid saffron- whichbI ended up getting..

Didn't realize that saffron powder isn't a thing sold in stores. I've had powder at home- which my sister brought back from Dubai. She might have gotten tit ground up beforeshe gave it to me.