Small-batch · artisan · monthly
Fiercedrip sends you a different small-batch artisan hot sauce each month — with a tasting card (scoville, origin, flavor notes) and two recipes designed to actually use it on a weeknight.
No commitment. Ships first week of each month.
Fiercedrip · July 2025
Origin
Valladolid, Yucatán, MX
Scoville
~195,000 SHU
Peppers
Orange habanero, ají dulce
Batch size
312 bottles
Tasting notes
Opens with mango and roasted tomato. The heat comes in at the back of the palate — sustained, not sharp. Finishes with a faint smoke that lingers.
Goes with
"Most hot sauces are condiments. A few are conversations.
We find the second kind."
— the fiercedrip philosophy
What arrives at your door
Written around the specific sauce in the box — not generic "add hot sauce to taste." One fast recipe (under 20 minutes), one worth a weekend afternoon.
Example · July 2025
01 · Habanero-Glazed Chicken Thighs 35 min
02 · Scrambled Eggs with Heat 7 min
Recipe card · July 2025 · Sauce: Raúl's Yucatán
Bone-in thighs. 425°F. Brush with the sauce + a spoonful of honey in the last 8 minutes. The sugars char. Pull at 165°F internal. Done in 35 minutes total.
Low heat. Butter. Three eggs. Pull them off before they're done. Half a teaspoon of the sauce stirred in. Toast. Seven minutes. Good morning.
The recipe card
Every recipe is written specifically for the sauce that month. The heat level, the flavor profile, the pepper variety — they all shape the technique and the pairing. You don't need to be a cook. You need to follow two paragraphs.
One recipe is a Tuesday-night thing. The other is worth making on purpose. Both are short enough to read while the pan heats.
The process
Enter your email, $24/month, ships first week of each month. Cancel from your account — no chat required.
One sauce (5oz), one tasting card, one recipe card. Everything fits in a flat-rate box. Nothing breaks.
Follow the recipe card. Use the tasting card to understand what you're eating. Disagree with the flavor notes. That's the point.
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312
avg batch size
94%
subscribers reorder month 2
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producers in our network
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Subscribers
“I've used the habanero-glazed chicken recipe four times this month. The recipe cards are the actual hook.”
Priya M.
Subscriber since Feb 2024
“I stopped buying Tabasco. That's the review. The sauces are genuinely good.”
Derek S.
Subscriber since Aug 2023
“My partner doesn't even like spicy food. She uses the tasting card to rank each one while I cook.”
Tomás R.
Subscriber since Apr 2024
Questions
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