{"product_id":"hot-sauce-raw-fermented","title":"Hot Sauce, Raw Fermented","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"cke_pastebin\"\u003e\r\n\t\u003cp\u003e\r\n\t\t\u003cstrong\u003eWhy Kombucha?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\t\u003cp\u003e\r\n\t\tI've always loved hot sauces and decided to create one of my own, an unpasteurized sauce made with kombucha instead of vinegar — a probiotic sauce whose gut-friendly bacteria can improve digestion and strengthen the immune system while adding zest and flavor to any dish. Kombucha is naturally fermented mushroom tea with a living colony of yeast and bacteria, and it has many benefits such as fighting harmful yeast overgrowth; improving mental clarity and mood stability; detoxification; stimulating the immune system; and improving liver function and digestion. No wonder kombucha has been called the “Elixir of Life.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\t\u003cp\u003e\r\n\t\tA shorter fermentation produces a sweeter kombucha with a higher sugar content because the mother hasn't consumed all the sugar during the ferment. Longer fermentation produces a more acidic kombucha because more of the sugar has been used and more acids produced. The kombucha in my Stinging Kombucha Hot Sauce is slightly sweet and faintly acidic — and still ALIVE. When mixed with the other ingredients and bottled it will still be active, which is why the sauce needs to be refrigerated.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\t\u003cp\u003e\r\n\t\tWe combined our organic kombucha with a handpicked selection of spices, variations of peppers and a hint of red sauerkraut to create mouth-watering hot sauce unlike anything you’ve ever tasted. We perfected the flavor and thanks to many tasting trials have finally arrived at culinary symmetry. Not to mention synergy.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\t\u003cp\u003e\r\n\t\t100 percent of the ingredients in our Stinging Kombucha Hot Sauce come from the finest food suppliers in the Pacific Northwest.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\t\u003cp\u003e\r\n\t\t\u003cstrong\u003eHeat Level\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\t\u003cp\u003e\r\n\t\tStrangely this remains a philosophical question. We've tried to come up with some kind of precise number from 1-10, (10 being “the end of the world”). But with each taste trial we realized that our subjects were developing resistance to the heat, hence 4 became 5 and so on... We therefore consider our Stinging Kombucha Hot Sauce to be somewhere between 3 (“gee, that IS spicy”) and 7 (“are you going to drink that whole beer yourself?”) but never 10!\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\t\u003cp\u003e\r\n\t\t\u003cstrong\u003eAim\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\t\u003cp\u003e\r\n\t\tOur Hot Sauce will tickle your taste buds, cool you off in hot weather and will raise your metabolism. The hot sensations will momentarily take you through valleys of ever-changing bliss, but it will not continue to burn long after consumption, nor will it incur any lasting damage, physical or psychological…\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Azure Standard","offers":[{"title":"5 floz","offer_id":45080366219298,"sku":"AZ-CO778","price":9.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3 x 5 floz","offer_id":45080366252066,"sku":"AZ-CO777","price":26.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"12 x 5 floz","offer_id":45080366284834,"sku":"AZ-CO776","price":100.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0554\/8684\/0866\/files\/15bd7c86-f211-4cc1-bdb4-f4e715588ebf.jpg?v=1773885029","url":"https:\/\/www.montavilla.coop\/products\/hot-sauce-raw-fermented","provider":"Montavilla Food Co-op","version":"1.0","type":"link"}