Capertee Valley Saffron/The Saffron Kitchen & Cafe

The Capertee Valley is located 200km northwest Syndey, on the way to Mudgee, we bought our property in Glen Davis in 2009, we only had 100acres which was not quite enough room for cattle and also wanted to do something a little different, we came across Saffron and that is where our journey began.




The first year we planted 70 bulbs as a trial and were pleasently surprised how well they grow, our harvest season is April/May usually a total of 6 weeks, 6 very long weeks where the flowers need to be picked daily by hand.




The first year harvest was quite small with only 70 bulbs, so we then put our creative hats on and started experimenting with Saffron infused products. We started off with the basics, some confectionary and jams which then lead us to our Dessert syrup, with only sweet products on the menu and many customers unable to sample because of health reasons or only having a savoury palate it became clear that we needed to expand on our products to cater for all palates. This is when we developed our Saffron Caramelised White Wine Vinager and our Saffron Spiced Nuts