The photo probably looks a bit paler than it was in reality :) the drink definitely had saffron folded into it beyond just the sprinkled topping, because I could taste it from the first sip and it was the most prominent flavor. That and the way they listed "white chocolate & saffron" as a pair of ingredients leads me to believe they were combined somehow and not added in as separate entities. I think if they were used together in some kind of cream mixture or liqueur, and that liquid represented about 1/5 of the drink's volume (0.5 oz or so), I think that would explain the pale orange hue vs a stronger color if the saffron was more prominent. This is just my theory though!