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Blue's Habanera Reserve Test

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Hey Folks:

I'm the owner of Blue's Carolina Pepper Sauce. The hot sauce blog did a favorable review of my sauce a few months ago. Since that review the sauce has expanded into about 80 markets.

I am currently contemplating a limited edition habanero reserve sauce and would like to know if anyone would be interested?? The sauce would be a blend of cayenne and apple smoked red savina peppers. Any serious reviewers can email me at bluesbbq@carolina.rr.com and I will send a sample. If the interest is there, I will send the formula to my copacker for production.

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I would buy it, if possible I would like to have this sauce around the house. I truly enjoyed it last night on my taco pie, excellent job. You have a customer here. I think that a five oz bottle would go fast though.
 
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To me this is a niche sauce. It's good on specific things. If you market this well, targeting those specific things, it will do well, but if bought as a "hot sauce", it won't do as well. The sweetness must be mentioned. Just my opinion.

Example:
Blue's Habanera Reserve
Sweet Pepper Sauce
A blast of heat and sweet... perfect for tacos and seafood.
 
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sevver said:
I would buy it, if possible I would like to have this sauce around the house. I truly enjoyed it last night on my taco pie, excellent job. You have a customer here. I think that a five oz bottle would go fast though.
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To All:

I prefer the 10 oz bottle but have been told by the folks at Peppers that 10 oz bottles are hard to sell. Peppers loves my Carolina Pepper Sauce and do carry it, but it's not selling very well. They can't figure out why except for the size of the bottle. It sells well to the military in Iraq, probably because it is a 10 oz size. Go figure??? In actuality, the product that goes into the bottle is not where the cost is. It's everything else. :shocked:

Thanks Sevver

Blue's
 
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thehotpepper.com said:
To me this is a niche sauce. It's good on specific things. If you market this well, targeting those specific things, it will do well, but if bought as a "hot sauce", it won't do as well. The sweetness must be mentioned. Just my opinion.

Example:
Blue's Habanera Reserve
Sweet Pepper Sauce
A blast of heat and sweet... perfect for tacos and seafood.
Click to expand...

Thanks a bunch for that type of input. I am trying to develope a hot sauce, not a S.A.S. sauce. (specific application sauce) If you have a sauce specific to certain foods, you really limit your market. If you're big, SAS sauces sell well like tobasco. I'm a small frye, so I think limiting this sauce to in home production is probably the way to go. I'm sitting on about 10 pounds of applewood smoked red savina habs, so I might just make this sauce till the habs are gone. The price will go up to +/- $6.99 A BOTTLE.mORE INPUT WOULD BE GREAT!!!!!

BLUE'S
 
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[quote name='Blue's']Thanks a bunch for that type of input. I am trying to develope a hot sauce, not a S.A.S. sauce. (specific application sauce) If you have a sauce specific to certain foods, you really limit your market. If you're big, SAS sauces sell well like tobasco. I'm a small frye, so I think limiting this sauce to in home production is probably the way to go. I'm sitting on about 10 pounds of applewood smoked red savina habs, so I might just make this sauce till the habs are gone. The price will go up to +/- $6.99 A BOTTLE.mORE INPUT WOULD BE GREAT!!!!!

BLUE'S[/QUOTE]

In my opinion, it's too sweet for what you are trying to do then. Just my opinion though.
 
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Blue's - I must commend you on a fantastic sauce! Thanks for the prototype sample. Currently it is my new table sauce that I put on everything. Job well done!! My wife isn't much of a chilehead but your sauce even has her eating it on most everything. Can't wait to get a hold of the finished product.

Keep up he good work!
 
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[quote name='Blue's']Greetings to all:

I've sent all the samples out that i can afford to. ($300.00). Please stay tuned for the finished product. I think I have a winner.

Blue's[/QUOTE]
Damn skippy! This is the one and only "Chineese Food" sauce that I own! A+++ for Blue!

I just threw this into a HUGE After-Thanksgiving Stew....should be good!
 
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This sauce just made an appearance in my leftover wrap... turkey, stuffing, mashed, and Blue's!
 
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