Empress Pineapple Miso Hot Sauce

Available from Chef Shop when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

5 oz bottle - Taiwan To the nose, you can smell the pineapple intermingling with the pepper as it tails off with hints of the other spices and ingredients. To the taste, the tongue tingles, and then you get the pineapple, and then the cough from the hot pepper. The pineapple does this wonderful spread across the tongue and then you can feel the vinegar and the pepper is there mingling with the pineapple. The heat pokes at you, and it is definitely hot, but different heat than the smoky hibiscus.