cajohns krakatoa

[palavos3]

A few years ago I bought one of Cajohn's original red savina sauces called Ignite. Although the savina was the main component there were some other ingredients in there as well. I was blown away by the great flavor of this product. Then I got Melinda's Red Savina which also had this wonderful fruity note. So I wanted to get a sauce with as much red savina as I could find. So I got Krakatoa.

With Krakatoa there are only two ingredients; red savina and vinegar. That's it. The aroma and flavor are wonderful, sort of a cross between fruit and tomato which is clearly the red savina doing its work. I could hardly taste the vinegar. As far as heat goes, Krakatoa is fairly hot, but is a very comfortable and tolerable heat. It does not have the sting of a fatali sauce nor the outright punch of the naga sauces. What Krakatoa does deliver is a nice lingering warmth mainly on the center and top of the tongue. I believe Krakatoa as well as Ignite are overlooked by Cajohn's extract and scorpion sauces which is a shame because these are two of the best tasting sauces I ever had. For pure red savina flavor and heat I cannot recommend Krakatoa enough. It is terrific.

Verdict: Heat 7.5, Flavor 9.5

 

[westin]

When you say tomato, does it have a ketchup flavor, or more a pure tomato? I recently got some sauce [Wild Fire from Redhawk Peppers] that had ketchup as one of the ingredients. I love it, but I am not a fan of it on Mexican food, which was slightly disappointing because I eat a lot of it... I had it on some new potatoes, and it was out of this world. Complimented it very well. Don't get me wrong, I am not knocking Wild Fire by any means, but as with any sauce, it goes better with some dishes than others... which of course is subject to opinion.

 

[JayT]

Krakatoa is one of my favorite sauces ever. It is nothing but pure pepper flavor. It is a bit thick and chunky like a puree, but the taste and heat are perfect.

 

[palavos3]

Don't worry, there is no ketchup flavor at all with this. It's kind of hard to describe, but red savina sauces such as this taste sort of like a cross between tomato and fruit.