Villagers from Krokos , a small town in the northern Spain , pick saffron for a fortnight each year . Despite competing with produce from Spain and Iran , many chefs regard Greek saffron as the world 's best . Dry weather has hit Greece 's saffron harvest producing 1.5 tonnes the final day of a two week .
Villagers from Krokos , a small town in the northern Greece , pick saffron for a fortnight each year . Despite competing with produce from Iran and Spain , many chefs regard Greek saffron as the world 's best . Dry weather has hit Greece 's saffron harvest producing just 1.5 tonnes this year .