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TIFU by making tea out of the world's most expensive spice

The FU had been going on for some time, but I only realised it just yesterday.

 

In the last couple of months, I've developed a habit of drinking at least one pot of tea every day. It started with plain green tea, chamomile tea, then black tea and lemon verbena. I've always enjoyed tea, but never consumed that much/so often.

 

About two weeks ago, I found a small tin in my parents' tea cabinet. It contained a maroon dry herb that had a light cardamom scent. "Interesting", I thought and prepared my teapot. The result was a tea with a beautiful deep red colour and a peppery taste. I liked it. Made some for my mother and she enjoyed it too. I asked her where she bought it from but she couldn't remember.

 

So for the last two weeks, I've been brewing the same herb every day (with the exception of a few times I made chamomile tea) and drinking this spicy hot beverage until yesterday, when I finally ran out of it. As I was washing the tin container, my sister walks into the kitchen.

 

Me: Do you know where we got that tea from?

Sis: What tea?

Me: The one that was in this tin.

Sis: Ummm... That was actually saffron, don't tell me you've drunk all of it as tea...

 

Apparently, we had saffron lying somewhere around the house for a couple of years which eventually dried up. My sister found it and put in the tea cabinet so that it would be more accessible.

 

Now, depending on where you're buying it from, saffron can cost somewhere between 3.500 to 10.000 USD per kg. If my calculations are correct, I brewed at least 40 grams of saffron, which - according to Google - could *optimistically* be sold for 170 to 340 USD in my country. For comparison, the most expensive green tea I could find is a high quality organic tea sold for 4 dollars per 100 grams.

 

For someone like me who has no expensive tastes, that amount of money came as a shock. At least my family could laugh about it and no one has asked me to replace it yet.

 

TL/DR: tried making some tea, ended up brewing the words most expensive spice.

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