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       If you're reading this article on our site, it's likely that you have a genuine interest in, or even a pronounced addiction to, chillies, or are simply curious. Nevertheless, you always feel a burning sensation when you consume it in its HOTEST forms! We'll tell you why!      In reality, the tongue is lined with taste buds on which taste buds, made up of sensory cells, send nerve messages to our brain. These receptors, known as "vanilloid receptors", detect salty, sweet, cold or hot sensations.     Capsaicin, present in chillies, is activated by contact with the...

       We'd like to tell you a little more about how our MASTARI sauce recipes are created!      Did you know that our hot sauce recipes are loosely based on the 3S golden rule, so dear to the world of mixology? We'll explain...      Ask your favorite bartender or mixologist for the secret recipe that transforms each of his cocktails into an edible work of art. He'll probably tell you about the 3S and the balance of his preparations: Sweet : sweetness, softness. Fruit plays its part well. Mango, citrus fruits, peppers and tomatoes bring roundness...

       By now you're familiar with our range of hot sauces, but it's hard to decide which one seems best suited to your tastes and your ability to withstand the heat of chilli. This article is for you!      You've probably heard of the Scoville scale. Invented in 1912 by an American pharmacologist by the name of Wilbur Scoville, it's a scale for measuring the strength of chillies. Historically, tests to establish this rating involved diluting a fresh chili pepper, reduced to a purée, in a solution of sugar water. The pureed chilli was then diluted more...

For those wondering about the origin of the name MASTARI, here are some answers...     Legends tell of a tribe living on the slopes of a volcano at the edge of the world, despairing of a bland and insipid diet.      To put an end to this curse, the members of the tribe had to perfect a potion designed to give body to their culinary preparations. To do this, they scoured their world for the best produce. They unearthed incongruously shaped vegetables with pronounced flavors, intoxicatingly fragrant spices from all horizons, herbs and an intense, magma-colored fruit: the chili...