Empress Smoky Hibiscus Hot Sauce

5 oz bottle - Taiwan

To nose, you know it’s a hot sauce with a lot of flavors you recognize and can’t quite name.

To the eye, it’s a dark brown with a little hint of an orange twist.

To the tongue, the first flavor was quite pleasant, smoky for sure, and a lot of other nuances including citrus.

To the sip it is an extension of what the tongue had just learned. You get the smokiness and you start to recognize the other flavors.

If you take a big enough sip, the pepper comes through in a distinctive way, not overpowering, but you can taste the heat. This one has twice as much heat, if not more than that of the passionfruit.