Every thread has an address.
Most saffron sold as Kashmiri is not from Kashmir, and most of what is cannot be tied to a field. Our answer is unglamorous: write down where each lot came from, have it measured, publish the record, and put the number on the tin.
The assay card
What we record, and why each line is there
Assay record
Certificate of origin
- Origin
- Pampore, Pulwama — karewa uplands
- Grade
- Mongra · ISO 3632 Category I
- Harvest
- October 2026 (pre-harvest)
- Lot no.
- ZF-SAF-2026-001
- Colouring strength
- ≥ 210 (absorbance at 440 nm)
- Moisture
- ≤ 10.0%
- Verified by
- Independent ISO 3632 laboratory, Delhi
Each lot carries its own record. Scan the tin or open the lot page to check it against ours.
Verify this lot- Origin
- The field or loom, not the state. Pampore, not 'the Himalayas'.
- Grade
- Mongra and the ISO 3632 category for saffron; fibre and weave for textiles.
- Lot no.
- The single identifier that ties a tin in your kitchen to a morning's pick.
- Measured values
- Colouring strength and moisture, from an independent laboratory — numbers, not adjectives.
- Maker
- The person who grew, spun, wove or knotted it, named and photographed.
- Verification
- A code on the packaging returns the record we hold. If they disagree, tell us.
Verify by lot
Each tin is printed with a lot number and a code. Enter the code and you see the same record we hold: the field, the pick date, the laboratory result and the person who picked it. Textiles carry the weaver, the loom address and the GI reference for the craft.
We publish the measured values whether or not they flatter us. A lot that grades lower is sold as what it is, or not sold at all.
Meet the makers
“An address is a small promise, and it is checkable. That is the whole point.”