Black Mamba mini-sanctuary!

Background: Nick L. 7/5/05 states, “Using a toothpick, I applied the pungent sauce to my tongue. Toothpick sized drop mind you and holy crap did that light me up! Within a minute my eyes were watering and my nose was running and I’ll be damned if I could taste anything but the heat for at least another 10 minutes. But once the burn started to ease up, I started to taste things again. Minus the capsaicin, this sauce is quite enjoyable. Not recommended for beginners. Hot sauce lovers, proceed with caution ~ You may end up with your head in a freezer.” GOONIE NICK HAD TO GO BEYOND THE TOOTHPICK WITH THIS ONE!!

Label: Black Mamba Venomous Hot Sauce comes in a 2 fl. oz (60 ml) bottle. A black label wraps around the bottle. On the label is Black Mamba up on top while Venomous Hot Sauce is towards the bottom. All the words are in yellow font color. In between the title is a snake with in a coil while a pair of snake eyes looks deep into your soul. On the side of the bottle is a Warning Extreme Heat that says, “Avoid contact with the eyes and sensitive areas. Keep away from children and pets. Use responsibly.

Ingredients: Chocolate Habaneros, Vinegar, Capsaicin.

Appearance: The color of this extreme sauce is like an exotic paint color such as crimson red with a blending of brown in it. The consistency is thin. The best description I can come up with would be that of tomato paste with some olive oil added to it. There are no pepper seeds nor pepper pulp visible.

Odor: Releasing the cap, (and I really want to say that you should use caution here because you don’t want this stuff on your hands if possible), I am suprised. The smell of extract is not as strong as some of Blair’s or Dave’s products. I am thinking that a good quality of extract has been used in this sauce. I am able to smell the chocolate habanero’s which is deep and smokey but the extract does kill the natural odor somewhat of these habanero peppers. I am unable to smell any vinegar.

Chinese style pork spare rib with a decent amount of Black Mamba on it. I consumed 6 more ribs, this size, and did increase my dose of Black Mamba on them.

Taste: I knew this sauce would be best on spare ribs or something calling for a dark sauce since it had extreme heat and had the chocolate habs in it. (For more info on chocolate habs, read my review on Hot Chocolate). I wouldn’t want this sauce on something calling for a lighter sauce such as pizza or a stir fry. Well after spreading the Black Mamba onto the rib and trying it the heat didn’t hit me as I expected it, initially. I was really really pleased with the flavor of the sauce. Black Mamba might be venomous but it is really hard to pick up on. The extracts(venom) are of the finest quality. There is no trace of metallic flavor at all. The chocolate habanero flavor are present but clearly not as strong as some other natural sauces. After a few more ribs, I really began to feel the endorphins kick in. See my pic below for some of the induced pain I got after being intoxicated with the venom!

I love feeling the pain! Bring it on CaJohn!

Can you say, “Get that dude a cup of water?” This is after all 7 ribs were put down!. My brother and his girlfriend were saying that I had to get a endorphin high and post the pics since I went Hot Sauce Papparazzi on her best friend, Erica! I never disappoint. Thanks, CaJohn!

Final Thoughts: Well I can tell you this. Black Mamba is something that you don’t want to bring home for the wife! [Well, that depends actually, lol It's just a funny pun that came to mind when I first heard of this sauce] Seriously though, this sauce is of extreme heat and it is the best tasting extract sauce that I have ever had. I feel it beats many of the other companies hottest products because the heat is really intense but yet the flavor is actually not bad at all. I promise you will feel the heat at first taste of this sauce. I didn’t because I am a real whack-o. There has been no scoville unit testing done on the sauce but I feel it is in the range of 2/2.5 Million Scoville Units. I had only the slighest trace of abdominal pains which is saying alot considering the amount that I had straight on my ribs. The chocolate habaneros have to be the perfect pepper to use for this sauce. This sauce is great on ribs, tacos, pork chops. For many of you it will be used purely as a dilution ingredient but for you few maniacs in the class I am, it is perfect for direct consumption.

Packaging 9.5/10
Aroma 9/10
Taste 10/10 (I seriously doubt you will get a sauce this hot that tastes this good, if so let me know)
Appearance 9/10
Heat 10/10 (if possible it is really a few notches above this)

Overall 9.5

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