Kashmiri Saffron Julius Roberts Trek through the Alpines

Trek through the Alpines

Growing up as part of a Chinese family in Australia

a joy-filled gathering where each attendee brings a whole cake to share with friends old and new

diverse storytelling

and craft heavenly

Kashmiri Saffron Julius Roberts Trek through the AlpinesGrown by Raqib Mushtaq on his family's 3. 75 acre farm in the historic saffron district of Pampore, where they have been growing saffron for as far back as his grandparents can remember. Brought to the Valley by Persian traders in the 12th century AD, Kashmiri saffron's reputation as being the pinnacle of flavor and aroma precedes it. One whiff of Raqib's harvest and I knew it was all true!