you need over 150 flowers to make just 1 gram of saffron. And the stuff you have at home in the cupboard could well be fake. So just what makes this spice so expensive? Saffron is the red stigma ...

So just how is it made, and what makes it so expensive? Phan Thi Thuan's family ... Each thread of lotus silk starts with the stem of the lotus flower. The lotus is Vietnam's national flower ...