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1g How many crocuses are there?
There are 300 1 g saffron.

The amount of one gram of good grade saffron is generally around 300. If the grade of saffron is poor, the amount of one gram will be more. And saffron can be drunk directly in water.

Saffron

Crocus sativus is crocus sativus, a kind of iris. L. dry stigma of introduced cultivated species. Now it is cultivated in Beijing, Shandong, Zhejiang and Sichuan.

Crocus producing area

The origin of saffron is along the coast of China. In China, it is mainly produced in Jimo, Chongming, Baoshan, Wuxi, Suzhou, Haimen and Jiande, Zhejiang.

Saffron has the following characteristics:

Saffron is dark red linear, with three branches, the upper part is flat and slightly wide, the top has irregular tooth edges, the inner side has short cracks, and the lower end sometimes remains short columns of yellow flowers. Light weight, soft texture, dull, brittle texture after drying, easy to break. Saffron has a unique smell, which is a little exciting and bitter.

Good quality saffron is deep red in color and few in style.

Store in a ventilated, cool and dry place, protected from light and sealed.

morphological character

This product is linear, three-branched, about 3 cm long. Dark red, the upper half is wide and slightly flat, the top edge is irregularly toothed, the inner side is short-cracked, and sometimes a small yellow column remains at the lower end. Light weight, soft texture, no oily luster, fragile and easily broken after drying. Qi is single-minded, slightly irritating and slightly bitter.

Perennial herbs. Bulb oblate, spherical, about 3 cm in diameter, covered by yellow-brown film. Basal leaves, 9 ~ 15, strip-shaped, gray-green,15 ~ 20cm long, 2 ~ 3mm wide, with the edge rolled back; There are 4 ~ 5 membranous sheath leaves at the base of the leaf cluster.

The flower stems are short and do not protrude from the ground; 1 ~ 2 flowers, light blue, red purple or white, fragrant, 2.5 ~ 3 cm in diameter; Perianth lobes are arranged in 6 or 2 rounds, the inner and outer perianth lobes are obovate, the top is obtuse, and the length is 4 ~ 5 cm.

Stamens erect, 2.5 cm long, anthers yellow, apex sharp, slightly curved; The style is orange-red, about 4 cm long, with three branches in the upper part, the branches are bent and drooping, the stigma is slightly flat, the top is wedge-shaped, the teeth are shallow, longer than the stamens, and the ovary is narrow and spindle-shaped. Capsule oval, about 3 cm long.