I remember a hundred lovely lakes, and recall the fragrant breath of pine and fir and cedar and poplar trees. The trail has strung upon it, as upon a thread of silk, opalescent dawns and saffron sunsets.The history of saffron cultivation reaches back more than 3, 000 years.The wild precursor of domesticated saffron crocus was Crocus cartwrightianus. Human cultivators bred wild specimens by selecting for unusually long stigmas. Thus, a sterile mutant form of C. cartwrightianus, C. sativus, emerged in late Bronze Age Crete.Saffron is the most precious and most expensive spice in the world. Therefore, having any saffron is better than having no saffron. However, if you are looking for a high quality, genuine saffron filaments at a reasonable price, then you are in the right place.