Misty Kashmir valley at dawn with snow-capped mountains
Pampore · Since 1962
From the valley, once a year

Kashmiri saffron,
almonds & walnuts,
handpicked for you.

Saffron from Pampore, almonds from Shopian, walnuts from Kupwara. Seven families, one valley, one harvest a year.

7
Partner families
2,300 m
Altitude
100%
Handpicked
Build your own box · 48h from Srinagar

Pick the compartments. We pack it after you order.

Ordered most

What returns to the same kitchens.

Mongra Saffron
Signature View
4.9

Mongra Saffron

₹ 3,400/ 2g
Mamra Almonds
View
4.8

Mamra Almonds

₹ 1,850/ 500g
Kagzi Walnuts
View
4.8

Kagzi Walnuts

₹ 1,600/ 500g
Sun-dried Apricots
New View
4.7

Sun-dried Apricots

₹ 1,200/ 400g
See everything in seasonStocked when it's ready · never before
Three from the harvest

What the valley gives us first.

How we work

Four things you can check for yourself.

No adjectives. Just the parts of the process we're comfortable putting in writing.

One ingredient. Nothing else.

Read any pouch: it says almonds. Not almonds and preservatives. Not almonds and colour.

Named farmers, not brokers

Seven families. We buy the whole harvest — at the price they set — and add our margin after.

Compostable packaging

The box is uncoated paperboard. The ribbon is cotton. The pouch is home-compostable in 90 days.

Grown at 2,300 m

Cold nights, dry days. The reason the almonds are sweet and the walnuts are creamy.

From orchard to your door

Four steps. Nothing in between.

The distance between the crocus in Pampore and the jar on your table. No warehouse in the middle, no repacker, no aggregator.

  1. 01

    Grown

    In orchards our seven partner families have tended for three generations. Elevations from 1,585 m to 2,400 m.

  2. 02

    Picked by hand

    Never machine-shaken. Saffron flowers are lifted between finger and thumb before sunrise so the petals stay closed.

  3. 03

    Sorted the same evening

    Cleaned and graded at a kitchen table the day it's picked. Saffron threads are separated one flower at a time.

  4. 04

    Packed after you order

    We only fill the pouch or box once the order comes in. Dispatched from Srinagar within 48 hours.

Dispatched from Srinagar · 48h
Saffron crocus field in Pampore, Kashmir at dawn
October · The saffron window

Twenty-two days. Then it's gone.

The crocus opens for three weeks each October. Flowers are picked before sunrise, when the petals are still closed. By that evening, the three crimson threads inside each one have been separated by hand at a kitchen table and laid out to dry.

75,000 flowers make 450 grams of dried saffron. That's the whole arithmetic.

Build your own box

Six compartments. You decide.

Pick what goes in each section. We fill the box the day it ships, tie the ribbon in Srinagar, and put it in the post within 48 hours. If you'd like a note, we write it by hand on cotton card.

  • Six or eight sections
  • Cotton ribbon
  • Handwritten note on request
  • Shipping included in India
Start your box
Forest green magnetic gift box filled with Kashmiri dry fruits
Where each ingredient grows

Nine districts. One valley.

The map is live — every pin marks the village a specific ingredient comes from, and the altitude it grew at. Tap a pin to see the harvest month and the family behind it.

Seven partner families

The people who grew your box.

Meet the families
Bashir Ahmad
Saffron farmer · Pampore

Bashir Ahmad

"The crocus does not wait. If you are late by one morning, the sun takes the colour away."

42 years in the fields
Ghulam Rasool
Walnut grower · Kupwara

Ghulam Rasool

"My grandfather planted these trees the year the valley froze. We still climb the same branches."

3rd generation
Fatima Begum
Sorter · Srinagar

Fatima Begum

"Every thread of saffron passes my hands twice. It is a small ritual, and I love it."

28 harvests
Weathered Kashmiri farmer hands holding walnuts
Sixty-two years in

We started with one walnut grove.

In 1962, our grandfather planted saplings in Kupwara during a winter too cold for anything else to grow. Those trees still stand. His son took over the orchard in 1998 and planted saffron in Pampore. In 2021 we opened the doors and started shipping what our families grow.

  1. 1962

    Grandfather plants the first walnut grove in Kupwara.

  2. 1998

    Family expands to saffron cultivation in Pampore.

  3. 2021

    Raw Kashmir is founded to bring the harvest to the world.

  4. Today

    Seven partner families. One quiet promise.

What's on the calendar

Six months the shop is open.

Every ingredient below is sold only in the months after it's harvested. If a thing isn't listed here this month, it isn't on the shelf.

  1. Apr

    Blossom

    Almond and apricot orchards flower in Shopian and Gurez.

  2. Jul

    Apricots

    Sliced open and laid on Gurez rooftops for three weeks of sun.

  3. Aug

    Mamra almonds

    Shopian's cold nights make the kernel sweet enough to eat raw.

  4. Sep

    Kagzi walnuts

    Cracked with a fingernail. Kupwara's oldest tree is 82 years old.

  5. Oct

    Mongra saffron

    22 days of picking. 75,000 flowers give 450 grams of thread.

  6. Nov

    Pistachios

    Anantnag hills. Roasted over a low flame the same week.

5 questions · 90s
Saffron
Saffron
Almonds
Almonds
Walnuts
Walnuts
Gift Box
Gift Box

Five questions. A box that fits.

Answer five things about how you cook, who's opening it, and how spicy you like your tea. We'll pick the compartments.

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48h dispatch
Farmer-priced
Note included
Raw Kashmir

Grown in Kashmir. Packed the day it ships.

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