Extra Ground Saffron Carmencita — 10 sachets 1 g
House : Carmencita — Novelda (Alicante) · since 1923
Origin
Carmencita is a Spanish house founded in 1923 in Novelda (Alicante) by Jesús Navarro Jover and his wife Carmen Valero. The first Spanish company to pack spices in glass jars, it was built around saffron, its founding product. For a century it has selected and processed spices with artisanal know-how, prioritising pure quality and the authenticity of Mediterranean flavours. The saffron offered here meets the house's standards of excellence.
Features
- Pure 100 % ground saffron, with no additives or colourings
- Practical packaging: 10 individual sachets of 0.1 g (total 1 g)
- Measured format: each sachet for about 4 servings
- Naturally gluten-free
- Quick to dissolve, ideal for direct cooking
- Optimal storage in airtight sachets
Tasting notes
Ground saffron with intense, floral aromas, developing a warm, slightly earthy flavour with a subtle bitter touch. The extra-fine grind ensures even diffusion and the characteristic golden colour. The profile is generous without being aggressive, typical of premium-quality Spanish saffron.
How to use it
- Valencian paella: dissolve 1 sachet in the hot stock before pouring over the rice
- Soups and broths: infuse directly to enrich the flavour base
- Risottos: add a sachet to the cooking stock to colour and aromatise
- Pasta and creams: stir into the sauce at the end of cooking to preserve the aromas
Why we chose it
Carmencita ground saffron meets our selection criteria: clear traceability, no blending, respect for the artisanal processing method. The individual sachets offer precise dosing with no compromise on freshness. It is the choice of cooks seeking reliability and Spanish authenticity, delivered quickly in Switzerland.
Carmencita
The saffron of Novelda, since 1923.
Carmencita was born in Novelda (Alicante) in 1923, founded by Jesús Navarro Jover and his wife Carmen Valero. In early-20th-century Novelda, spices were traded — above all saffron, which arrived from La Mancha to be exported to Asia and Africa.
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