There was a time when saffron was grown prolifically in the British Isles – the Essex town of Saffron Walden was at the heart of production and was named after the spice, while Cornish saffron gave us the Cornish saffron cake. The height of the UK's saffron production was around 500 years ago, before cheap imports from Kashmir and Iraq made production in the UK no longer a viable proposition. But Essex farmer David Smale has revived an important culinary spice, bringing some home-grown luxury back to farming.
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