Sembo's Sauce

Garden Grown Hot Sauce -
Made in Minneapolis, Minnesota -
Focusing on creating flavor first hot sauces with fresh, garden grown ingredients.

09/21/2026

A little different twist on our weekly harvest update - will try to feature some fun/new pepper varieties each week.

This week we have Mr. Lumpy.

A pepper from Experimental Farm Network, this is our second year growing them and they've been super productive.

"A Kevin Bane original of Cooley Springs, South Carolina: 'These came from a very unexpected cross that I would have thought would have produced something far different. 'MA Wartryx' x 'UK Mustard Scorpion'. Absolutely delicious, with a very fruity flavor, yet intense heat. These are no joke.'"

Mr. Lumpy was heavily featured last year in our hottest sauce yet, Small Batch Turbo Charged.

We have the goal of bringing this one back again this season for all our fans that like to turn the heat up to 11!

Beyond Mr. Lumpy, we are still getting an array of peppers. Cooler weather has ripening slowing down, but hoping to get a few more harvests before the frost and when we start cooking.

09/14/2026

Had to break out the big table to fit everything for this week's haul photo!

Gardens are in peak, late season form. We try to mix in as many beneficial plants into the pepper gardens as possible. They serve to ward off pests, draw in pollinators, and make harvesting enjoyable! We hope to have 3-4 more weekly harvests before we chop our plants for our end of season, smoked batches.

Sauce Baby #2 picked her first pepper this week (a jalapeno) and tried to gnaw on it with her 2 teeth. A quick swap out to a sweet pepper set us on a better bath, as she managed to gnaw off a half inch.

09/07/2026

Weekly harvest from our 3 smaller sites, combined.

Chopping table was overwhelmed, so the washing machine got drafted into service for the photo shoot 🤣

Staying very busy bringing in the harvest and planning for a month of sauce making in October. Evaluating what new ideas will make it into the small batch series - send your ideas on what we need to add!

08/29/2026

Harvesting and processing continues!

Blistered up a big batch of Shish*tos tonight.

Borrowed Sadie's shopping cart for a backyard pepper harvest.

08/27/2026

Harvest Season is well underway. We're picking each garden at least weekly now with plenty more still ripening.

Tons of varieties, tried to tag pictures with many of them, but even we lose track from a picture.

A quick update on our new season and restock:
We're done with events for the summer and there are just a few bottles left on our website. We'll be making new batches of sauce in October from our harvests with the goal of relaunching/restocking in early November. We're also starting to plan in person events for November and January - more to come and thanks for your patience

A view of the jungle that each pepper patch has become.

Bonus garden friend - a yellow and black striped argiope

07/22/2026

We're done with events for the summer, but we've put the last of our inventory online with discounted pricing.

We have 3 flavors remaining, plus a fresh batch of our Classic Habanero.

We also have stock of our "not hot sauce" homemade goodies - Dill pickles, salsas, BBQ sauce.

Place your orders at sembossauce.com and stock up for the next 4 months until we re-launch with next seasons sauces in November.

07/12/2026

Our annual Hot Sauce Yard Sale is back Saturday, July 18th from noon to 3 PM!

We'll be closing out our summer season with this event in the front yard of 5545 Colfax Ave S, Minneapolis.

We will be sampling our 5 remaining sauces and offering closeout pricing! We will also be giving garden tours and offering some fun food pairings with our sauces.

This is one of the rare opportunities to get some of our "not hot sauce" homemade goodies - Dill pickles, salsas, BBQ sauce.

We also have a new, yet to be labeled blend of BBQ sauce and a fresh batch of an old favorite 👀

This will be our final event until we re-launch with next seasons sauces in November, so take this chance to stock up for the next 4 months.

06/27/2026

Come see us at Southwest Farmers Market tomorrow (6/27) from 10-1 for our FINAL FARMER'S MARKET of the season!

We'll have the last of our hot sauces - we're on our last few bottles of several varieties and won't be making more until our pepper harvest comes in this fall, so this is your last chance to stock up until November!

To bolster our limited lineup, we've got some special garden grown offerings - our BBQ sauce, salsa verde, garden salsa, and dill pickles (standard and spicy!). We're rolling out all the stops for this final market, hope to see you there!

06/16/2026

Best Buy friends, we're back on campus tomorrow!

We are popping up for a Father's Day sale outside of Sandy's Cafe at the corporate campus on Wednesday, 6/17 from 11-1:30.

We'll have our normal lineup, plus bottles of our new Small Batch Series release, Grill Daddy. We'll also have gift sets for Father's Day gifting.

Our stock is running low and this is our last market at Best Buy until winter, so stock up while you can.

06/11/2026

🚨 Gift sets are making a limited return for Father’s Day! 🚨

Perfect for gifting to the spicy dads in your life or even bringing as a host gift for those upcoming summer gatherings.

We’ll have a handful of curated sampler sets, each with four 2oz bottles. They include a pairing guide, sticker, spice packet, and gift box.

🍅 Bloody Mary - Level up your Bloody bar
🥵 Hot Sauce Challenge - Your own Hot Ones
🌶️ Hot Hot Hot - Our Hottest varieties
📼 Mix & Match - a limited amount to pick your own set

Get them this upcoming weekend - we’ll be at Prior Lake Farmers Market and Southwest Farmers Market this Saturday 6/13. We have limited quantities and anticipate these selling out quickly.

Address

5545 Colfax Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN
55419

Telephone

+12183419241

Website

http://www.sembossauce.com/

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