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Premium super negin
The best and rarest type of saffron. The length of the thread will be from 2 – 3 centimeters with full red in color. The threads are symmetrically cut in such a way you cannot find the orange or whitish-grey color in the thread. It will be long with a full concentration of saffron.

Super negin
Super negin type is the second-best in quality. This type of saffron is also full red in color with no wavy pattern. You cannot find the orange and whitish-grey color in the threads. Compared to premium super negin, this type has a shorter length. It will be around 1.5cm to 2cm in length.

Negin
In the negin family, this type of saffron has the shortest length and it contains a very little part of orange color in the thread. On the other hand, it has a very good smell and taste compared to the pushal and bunch saffron.

Pushal
Comparing to the above three pushal is the lower grade of saffron. It has more orange parts compared to the negin saffron. The length of pushal saffron is around 2cm – 3cm and it usually has a wavy pattern. The level of grade saffron concentration will be less compared to the above three types.

Bunch Saffron/Abu Sheiba
Bunch Saffron is the Abu sheiba. As a matter of fact, it is the lowest grade of saffron. When compared to the above four types, the Abu sheiba is the longest saffron which usually comes as a bunch. The length of the bunch saffron will be around 3cm – 6cm. This type of saffron threads has less red color, more orange color and whitish-grey at the bottom.