A "Traditional" Louisiana Style Pepper Sauce
There are three distinct components to the flavor of a traditional Louisiana-style pepper sauce: vinegar, salt and hot. While the peppers in most Louisiana-style sauces, typically tabasco or cayenne peppers, contribute some flavor in addition to heat, their flavor pales in comparison to the Colibrí® pepper. Our pepper contributes both a bold aroma and flavor that, as much as the heat, contributes to an experience that is far different from that of typical pepper sauces.
One of the primary complaints about typical tabasco and cayenne pepper based sauces is that they are either too "vinegary" or too salty. It is easy for either of the other two flavor compnents to overpower those two pepper varieties. With our pepper variety we have achieved a balance that strongly favors its intense flavor and aroma over that of the vinegar and salt.
We are not trying to sell you a funny label or pretty bottle. We are neither cartoonists not glassmakers. We don't mind if you buy our hot sauce to "add to your collection" but, frankly, we'd prefer that you use it. We know you'll enjoy it more that way, and we're confident that tasting our sauce will make you a repeat customer.
How to use our sauce
Colibrí® Pepper Sauce is a general purpose hot sauce. It has no sugar, garlic, secret spice combinations, msg or any flavor component other than peppers, vinegar and salt. Add it to anything that needs to be spiced up a bit. Add it to tomato based sauces, cooked beans, brown gravy, cooked or uncooked vegetables and seafood dishes. You can cook with it, substituting Colibrí® for cayenne, getting all the heat and many times the flavor.
Sprinkle a few drops on your salad and use Colibrí® instead of a red hot sauce in your Bloody Mary. Alhough Colibrí® "plays well together" with other peppers, you should use it carefully when cooking a dish in which you are trying to preserve a subtle flavor balance.
We can say all we want that Colibrí® is a different experience than other hot sauces, but tasting is believing! We know that after you try Colibrí®, you will agree with us.
