Are luxury artisan hot sauces worth the investment? In this exclusive interview, we sit down with Lee Morris, the creator behind Oliveum Hot Sauce, to discuss why he started the company, the real hurdles of crafting a high-end condiment ranging from a $40 bottle to a $250 Collector's Box, and an honest taste test of how it actually performs on the palate.
If you are curious about what goes into a flavor-forward, premium small-batch release with limited annual production and luxury presentation, this deep-dive covers the entire journey from origin story to bottle.
IG 📸: oliveumhotsauce
Web 🌐: https://oliveum.com
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22 Sept 2026
221 - Spicy Dadda
I sat down with Brad from Spicy Dadda to talk about one of the more unusual stories in the hot sauce world.
What started with growing peppers in a Houston backyard turned into Spicy Dadda, a brand built around homegrown peppers, fermentation, bold flavors, and some seriously impressive pepper plants.
We get into how Spicy Dadda got started, growing superhot peppers, the fermentation process, creating sauces that balance flavor and heat, and what goes into building a hot sauce company from the ground up.
Of course, this is Fire & Flavor, so we’re tasting the sauce along the way and finding out what Spicy Dadda is all about.
IG 📸: SpicyDadda
Web 🌐: https://www.spicydadda.com/
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9 Sept 2026
220 - Danger Berry Spice Co.
Street corn hot sauce?! Yeah, we had to talk about this one.
In this episode of Fire & Flavor, I sit down with Adrian Hughes, founder of Danger Berry Spice Co., a small-batch hot sauce maker taking some seriously unconventional flavors and turning them into sauces that somehow make sense.
We get into how Danger Berry started, Adrian’s approach to building sauces around actual flavor instead of making everything taste like peppers and vinegar, the ideas behind his wild branding, and what goes into creating sauces that sound completely ridiculous on paper.
And of course, we taste some of them.
🌽 Maizzacre - Street Corn Hot Sauce
🫐 Blucifer - Blueberry Hot Sauce
🥝 Killer Kiwi - Kiwi Hot Sauce
🧄 Ghoulish Garlic - Black Garlic Hot Sauce
Adrian originally started Danger Berry after trying a blueberry hot sauce that disappointed him and deciding he could make something that actually tasted like blueberries. That experiment became Blucifer and eventually grew into an entire lineup of fruit-forward and savory sauces.
If you like craft hot sauce, weird flavor combinations, or hearing how independent sauce makers actually build their brands, this one is for you.
Would you try a STREET CORN hot sauce? Let me know below
IG 📸: dangerberry_spice_co
Web 🌐: https://dangerberryspiceco.etsy.com
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📸 Instagram: @fire.and.flavor
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