Krokos Kozanis: Promoting the Greek Earth’s Gold

‘’Krocus Kozanis Products” has created a new product with great taste and unique characteristics. Excellent Macedonian flower honey with precious Krokos Kozanis Greek Saffron, an authentic and unique combination full of the rich aromas of the Greek land.

Krokos Kozanis Red Saffron is produced by 40 small hamlets and villages surrounding the farming town of Krokos, central Greece, and make up the Cooperative of Kozani which has the exclusive right to cultivate, harvest and process the spice. Saffron from the Kozani Cooperative in Greece is rightfully one the finest saffrons in the world.

Only once a year

Krokos blossoms only once a year, every October, for just under two weeks, creating a purple magic carpet as far as the eye can see. The flowers are harvested daily, right after the morning dew has evaporated, and saffron antioxidants are at their peak. After all the flowers have been collected, the fields look empty, but by dawn, the Krokos blooms again, blanketing the fields in beautiful purple flowers.

Petals are separated by hand from the saffron stigmas and immediately after being picked, followed by the stigmas’ drying process, ensuring that the saffron is at its highest potency. For just 1kg of Krokos stigmas, villagers hand-pick 150,000 blooms, a painstaking process, making saffron more valuable than gold.

Krokos Kozanis has been awarded PDO status and Kozani is the only region in Greece that can produce Greek Red Saffron. Today, the top quality Greek saffron is blended with a top tier local flower honey to offer a delicious honey with the hints of the complex flavor and benefits of the saffron.