Product Name: Heartbreaking Dawns Nuit en Enfer
Style: Additive
Manufacturer: Heartbreaking Dawns
Country of Origin: USA
Website: http://www.heartbreakingdawns.com/
Ingredients: Moruga & Scorpion Peppers, Ghost Peppers, Scotch Bonnet Peppers, Rice Vinegar, Apricot, Cardamom, Salt
Label/Packaging: The debut of the new "HBD" branding. This is a smaller 2 ounce bottle. Typical, cool, but out there label.
Appearance/Aroma: The appearance is what I would call menacing. It looks thick and chunky—full of pepper puree. What am I getting myself into? Open the bottle, yep it smells like a field of pain. I mean superhots. I do not smell much of the vinegar, and definitely do not smell apricots.
Heartbreaking Dawns goes extreme. Will tasting this sauce leave me with a Nuit en Enfer (Night in Hell)???
Body of Review:
Okay here goes...
It starts a little salty, then you get a brief hint of sweetness, and I mean a hint. The star of this show is the peppers. Believe it or not the aftertaste does have the cardamon in it. I think I tasted the moruga the most. Very nice combination there. I get the pungency of the scotch bonnet, the sweetness of the ghost, the sharpness of the scorpion. Who am I kidding, I can't taste anything anymore.
The consistency is that of a puree, not a sauce. It is peppers, and pulp, seeds and all. Not very pourable. Not to say that it is tough to get it out of the bottle, but it comes out in globs. This I would say is more of an additive so it gets a pass on the consistency.
Heat. Whoa man. This is hot. I ate a spoonful and it didn't really seem that hot. I could taste everything pretty individually, then together, then the heat just kept coming and coming. It hits every part of your mouth from the tip of the tongue to the sides, to the roof, to the throat. Even my lips are burning from licking them. It is not an extract sauce, this is natural heat, the way I like it. I am sweating all over my head, under my eyes, my neck, hell... my hair is sweating... my nose is running. The main punch of heat goes away fairly quickly, but the burn of the moruga and the ghost are long building and lasting. I can talk, but my mouth and especially my lips are burning. Yep this sauce delivers on the heat.
Heat Level: 10
Applications: I don't want to disillusion you. This is an additive. I think it would be fantastic added to a curry, to heat up a soup, or even in a wing sauce, but on its own, too hot for food... except maybe on a burger.
Appearance Score: 4.5
Aroma Score: 5
Taste Score: 4.5
Mouthfeel Score: 3.5
Heat Accuracy Score: 5
Overall Score: 4.5
Notes: My only negative about this would be the consistency. Otherwise, it delivers on taste and heat exactly as advertised. Now that I ate it all I really hope I am not in for a Nuit en Enfer, I can already feel my stomach rumbling.
Style: Additive
Manufacturer: Heartbreaking Dawns
Country of Origin: USA
Website: http://www.heartbreakingdawns.com/
Ingredients: Moruga & Scorpion Peppers, Ghost Peppers, Scotch Bonnet Peppers, Rice Vinegar, Apricot, Cardamom, Salt
Label/Packaging: The debut of the new "HBD" branding. This is a smaller 2 ounce bottle. Typical, cool, but out there label.
Appearance/Aroma: The appearance is what I would call menacing. It looks thick and chunky—full of pepper puree. What am I getting myself into? Open the bottle, yep it smells like a field of pain. I mean superhots. I do not smell much of the vinegar, and definitely do not smell apricots.
Heartbreaking Dawns goes extreme. Will tasting this sauce leave me with a Nuit en Enfer (Night in Hell)???
Body of Review:
Okay here goes...
It starts a little salty, then you get a brief hint of sweetness, and I mean a hint. The star of this show is the peppers. Believe it or not the aftertaste does have the cardamon in it. I think I tasted the moruga the most. Very nice combination there. I get the pungency of the scotch bonnet, the sweetness of the ghost, the sharpness of the scorpion. Who am I kidding, I can't taste anything anymore.
The consistency is that of a puree, not a sauce. It is peppers, and pulp, seeds and all. Not very pourable. Not to say that it is tough to get it out of the bottle, but it comes out in globs. This I would say is more of an additive so it gets a pass on the consistency.
Heat. Whoa man. This is hot. I ate a spoonful and it didn't really seem that hot. I could taste everything pretty individually, then together, then the heat just kept coming and coming. It hits every part of your mouth from the tip of the tongue to the sides, to the roof, to the throat. Even my lips are burning from licking them. It is not an extract sauce, this is natural heat, the way I like it. I am sweating all over my head, under my eyes, my neck, hell... my hair is sweating... my nose is running. The main punch of heat goes away fairly quickly, but the burn of the moruga and the ghost are long building and lasting. I can talk, but my mouth and especially my lips are burning. Yep this sauce delivers on the heat.
Heat Level: 10
Applications: I don't want to disillusion you. This is an additive. I think it would be fantastic added to a curry, to heat up a soup, or even in a wing sauce, but on its own, too hot for food... except maybe on a burger.
Appearance Score: 4.5
Aroma Score: 5
Taste Score: 4.5
Mouthfeel Score: 3.5
Heat Accuracy Score: 5
Overall Score: 4.5
Notes: My only negative about this would be the consistency. Otherwise, it delivers on taste and heat exactly as advertised. Now that I ate it all I really hope I am not in for a Nuit en Enfer, I can already feel my stomach rumbling.
