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Really enjoyed this.
Presented in a 1/2 pint jar, seal intact. No label (but it's not a commercial product, so no worries there).
Jelly is a nice reddish yellow color.
Consistency is bang on.
You can see little bits of the 7 Pot pepper suspended in the body of the jelly, there were a few seeds visible at the top.
Smell: Vinegary smell is strong, almost smells a bit like malt vinegar. Nice whiff of the peppers, mostly the 7 Pot, if the Fatalii smell was there I didn't pick it up. Vinegar messes with my nose.
Taste: Delicious. While I couldn't smell a lot of fatalii, I could taste it. There's also a nice bit of the 7 Pot flavor. Fruity and sugary sweet, but not cloyingly so. Really nice pepper flavor here. The acidic bite of the vinegar balances the sweetness really really well. Like amazingly well. Beautiful balance.
Heat: If using an orange hab as a 10, I'd give this a 7 or 8. Hot but not overly hot, and the burn lasts only a few minutes before settling into a nice overall warmth. I'm writing this a bit over two hours after trying it, and there's none of that stomach cramping going on from eating straight pods. I wouldn't give this to someone who doesn't eat hot stuff ever, but if you can handle jalapenos on your nachos at the movie theater, this wouldn't be too far out of your comfort zone.
This jelly is delicious. I tried it straight and it was great. I tried it on some crackers and it was amazing with cream cheese.
Downsides: could be a wee bit hotter. The flavors are great, the jelly consistency is perfect, there's a great balance between the sweetness and the acidity, it's done well enough that more burn wouldn't throw off things enough to make it just another hot product.
Overall I'd give this a solid 8.5/10. If it were commercial, I'd say to buy it in a heartbeat. Really good stuff here.
Thanks again, Katrina, for letting me try this out. It was a pleasure.
Really enjoyed this.
Presented in a 1/2 pint jar, seal intact. No label (but it's not a commercial product, so no worries there).
Jelly is a nice reddish yellow color.
Consistency is bang on.
You can see little bits of the 7 Pot pepper suspended in the body of the jelly, there were a few seeds visible at the top.
Smell: Vinegary smell is strong, almost smells a bit like malt vinegar. Nice whiff of the peppers, mostly the 7 Pot, if the Fatalii smell was there I didn't pick it up. Vinegar messes with my nose.
Taste: Delicious. While I couldn't smell a lot of fatalii, I could taste it. There's also a nice bit of the 7 Pot flavor. Fruity and sugary sweet, but not cloyingly so. Really nice pepper flavor here. The acidic bite of the vinegar balances the sweetness really really well. Like amazingly well. Beautiful balance.
Heat: If using an orange hab as a 10, I'd give this a 7 or 8. Hot but not overly hot, and the burn lasts only a few minutes before settling into a nice overall warmth. I'm writing this a bit over two hours after trying it, and there's none of that stomach cramping going on from eating straight pods. I wouldn't give this to someone who doesn't eat hot stuff ever, but if you can handle jalapenos on your nachos at the movie theater, this wouldn't be too far out of your comfort zone.
This jelly is delicious. I tried it straight and it was great. I tried it on some crackers and it was amazing with cream cheese.
Downsides: could be a wee bit hotter. The flavors are great, the jelly consistency is perfect, there's a great balance between the sweetness and the acidity, it's done well enough that more burn wouldn't throw off things enough to make it just another hot product.
Overall I'd give this a solid 8.5/10. If it were commercial, I'd say to buy it in a heartbeat. Really good stuff here.
Thanks again, Katrina, for letting me try this out. It was a pleasure.
