A single Meridian chili condiment bottle

The Signature · N° 001

One sauce.
Made slow.

Four ingredients. Smoked morita chilies, Sonoma vinegar, garlic confit, Maldon salt. Cooked down for six hours. Bottled by hand in Brooklyn. Meant for the plate, not the meme.

$18 · 150ml

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The Recipe

A sauce that tastes like it was cooked, not blended.

Most bottled hot sauces are made by combining vinegar, water, salt, and industrial capsaicin extract. Ours is made by taking whole smoked morita chilies, softening them in Sonoma vinegar for a day, then simmering them for six hours with garlic confit and Maldon salt until the pot smells like the corner of a kitchen you never want to leave.

That is why our bottle is small. That is why the sauce is not the color of a warning sign. That is why we can only make eight hundred bottles a month, and why you should probably not put it on eggs.

The Pantry

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Cornish Flake Salt

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Preserved Lemon

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Answered

Everything you'd have asked us in a DM.

How hot is it, actually?

About a five on a ten. It builds. If you like a good hot honey, you will like this. If you eat spicy tuna and cry, respectfully, sit this one out.
What do I put it on?

Roast chicken. Pasta with butter. Grilled bread. Anything with an egg (we know we said not to). Ramen. Absolutely not tacos. We love tacos, this is not the sauce for tacos.
Is it vegan? Gluten free?

Both. Four ingredients, all plant, no cross-contamination in the kitchen. Kosher pending as of August.
How long does a bottle last?

Unopened, twelve months in the pantry. Opened, refrigerated, eight weeks. And you'll finish it in three.
Do you ship internationally?

Canada and the UK, yes. Europe by end of year. Everywhere else, join the list and we'll email when your country goes live.
Why is it $18? That's a lot for hot sauce.

Because six hours of cook time, whole imported chilies, and eight hundred bottles a month is not cheap to make. If you would like a $4 bottle of hot sauce, we recommend one. The yellow one.

The Regulars

Reviews, with the real parts.

★★★★★

"Genuinely the best hot sauce I've had. I've been putting it on everything I said I wouldn't."

Loved: The depth. Tastes like a proper reduction, not a hot vinegar.
Would change: Bigger bottle option. 150ml goes fast.

★★★★★

"Bought it on a whim after seeing it on my chef friend's counter. Now it's on mine."

Loved: How balanced it is. Heat doesn't overpower the smoke.
Would change: Wish it came in a spoutless pour cap. The dropper is fussy.

★★★★☆

"Delivery took a bit but the sauce lives up. I'd already ordered a second bottle before finishing the first."

Loved: The Q&A section on the site was funnier than most email newsletters.
Would change: Faster shipping. Took 6 days to Boston.

★★★★★

"I put this on scrambled eggs. They told me not to. I did it anyway. They were right, the eggs won."

Loved: The honesty in the copy. Rare from a food brand.
Would change: Nothing. Second bottle already ordered.

The Shelf

One bottle. Yours.

$18 · 150ml · Ships within 2 business days. If you don't finish the bottle, we refund it. No questions, no returns needed.

One sauce. Made slow.

A sauce that tastes like it was cooked, not blended.

Three more we keep on the shelf.

Everything you'd have asked us in a DM.

Reviews, with the real parts.

One bottle. Yours.

One sauce.
Made slow.