I recently bought saffron from Penzey's and have been pleased with the product. Too pleased, perhaps. I love the stuff and have been experimenting with putting the strands in a variety of dishes. If this keeps up, I'll go broke. On another list, we were talking about fabric dyes from plants and someone mentioned: http://www.bulkfoods.com/saffron.htm. He said he knew nothing about the company but thought the prices looked good. They do. Anyone have any experience with them? I'm thinking they could do a lot to feed my saffron habit.