The amount of saffron is measured in millicuries (mci). A cu. cu. liter (l) is the capacity of one cu. cu. liter. The term mci is the equivalent of one kilogram in kilogram weight and an ounce in ounce weight (1 ml = 1 cup = 16 oz.). There is an average yield of 20 mci for the average cu. cu. liter. So 1 cu. cu. liter yields 20 mci. Now, why is a cu. cu. liter such a big number? Well, suppose that each cu. cu. liter is filled twice (so the cup is 15 cu. c. liters) to the top (ie, fill a 15 cu, cu. liter is a 1 cu. cu. liter) and then the cup is filled to the brim (ie, 1 cu. cu. liter is 2.5 cu. cu. liters), we would end up with a volume of 15 cu. cu. liters. This number of cu. cu. liters is the approximate amount of saffron that is available in a cubic meter of water (which I was taught in school is 1 cu. cu. meter or approximately 10 million mci as opposed to the more common 1 cu. cu. liter). It is estimated that about 30% of this value comes from the oil used in the saffron mill. How much money is in this? The amount of money (in the mci is the weight of the cu. cu. liter.) is $30,000, so the cu. cu. liter is approximately 30 million mci. Now how come the cost of saffron is so much more than gold and silver is? Well, there are some differences in the processing of saffron. Saffron must be heated up and dried and ground and then purified. This process of “thermalisation” the saffron takes a considerable amount of energy to do compared to gold or silver which is easily done during a manufacturing process. If the price of saffron is high for a given amount of saffron, then this process is more cost efficient, as saffron will go towards making more saffron. In the manufacturing process, saffron is purified by the addition of water and heated to a high boil. The resulting steam that is produced as the steam condenses is very strong, so it is difficult to heat it back down to the boil point with any kind of heat source that
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