T0tsauce
Elevated hot sauce. No boring bottles allowed.
Origin Story & Identity
We started making pickles in the covid lockdowns of 2020, which evolved into pickling hot peppers, and then making gourmet hot sauce.
Fun Fact:
I’d say that as our name states we make “elevated hot sauces” and we stand behind that. When asked how they are elevated, we highlight the fact that our sauces are flavored intentionally and as described on the bottle, for example: if it says “lemon-herbed honey mustard hot sauce”, then thats what you should expect.
What all do you make? How do you source your ingredients?
Mostly we make Hot Sauces, although we have experimented behind the scenes with some other non hot sauce products. We source ingredients as locally as possible.
What are you most proud of producing?
Probably our house taco sauce, “MIJO!” which was our first real hot sauce recipe, and now our best-selling sauce to date.
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Philosophy & Practices
Basically, We have to like it. If we want to eat our sauce over and over again then so will others. We are our biggest critic.
We try things (other sauces, etc.), and we take note of what others are doing with their products that we like or dont like, and apply that to our practices.
What’s something about your practices (preservatives, health, etc. ) compared to typical store-bought sauces that most people don’t know — but should?
t0tsauce contains no additional preservatives. We rely on our salt and vinegar content to naturally preserve our product.
What’s the biggest challenge of making food the way you do?
Complex flavor takes time. There’s alot of tinkering with and manipulating certain ingredients and processes at different stages of building the sauce to capture the flavor we were aiming for.
Daily Life & Personal Connection to the Work
What’s your favorite part of the work you do every day?
The feedback from repeat customers!
What’s your favorite way to enjoy your hot sauces?
Beyond the obvious (tacos), certain foods really are the perfect vessel for hot sauce. I think mac n’ cheese, rice, pizza, and fried foods are great options.
What are you excited to offer or dream up for the future of T0tsauce?
We actually have a lot of sauces in the works! We release everything officially on www.t0tsauce.com and our instagram: @t0tsauce (note that the ‘0’ in t0t is actually a zero)
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