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S’Agridda is a farm with ancient roots. For generations
we have been passing down our passion for the cultivation of our precious earth
and obtaining the products that our Sardinian soil offers.
We cultivate simple
products using traditional and biological methods, tending towards quality over
quantity. We grow pulses, cereals and grains, but the real treasure is our
saffron, a product typical of the region. Our saffron is branded Biological,
D.O.P “Saffron of Sardinia,” and is officiated by the Slow Food movement, which
are important testaments to its authenticity, origin and quality.
We leave the saffron in its natural form, as stigmas,
which are the three red strands found at the centre of the flower. This
demonstrates the purity of our saffron, something which cannot be discerned if
it is reduced to a powder, as it often is, and mixed with substances of less
value. For this reason our saffron has a very high potency: you need just 1
gram to flavour 5kg of rice!
The saffron flowers in November. Each morning we collect
the flowers by hand, and in the evenings we carefully remove the stigmas from
the flowers to be dried. Obtaining the final product requires a lot of work,
and for this reason it is often given the name “red gold.”
Therapeutic properties: it is a powerful antioxidant,
warding off the sings of ageing, it stimulates the metabolism, aids digestion
and reduces the absorption of cholesterol and triglycerides in food.
