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At the birthplace of the famous rooster sauce.
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in other words, sriracha...
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Sara was excited. We even got driven to the factory in our private golf cart
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Here we go!
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They fly THREE flags at their headquarters
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why wait? celebrate now!
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sriracha direct from the factory tastes SO much fresher and delicious than the ones you'll find at the store
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sriracha friends
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are HOT 1's
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you can put it on popcorn
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in ice cream
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even on sriracha!
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this is the factory
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full of forklifts to move all that good sauce around
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this is where it starts. a truck bringing in freshly picked peppers
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then they are released into a large pit which smelled AMAZING
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if it wasn't a hot vortex of hell I'd consider diving in
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the pepper they make the hot sauce from
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the air is really intense with pepper heat
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beautiful
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so they are pulled into the factory on a conveyor belt
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and guided along
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into a crusher were they are
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crushed
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and come down chutes where they are mixed with some salt
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did I mention they make the world's supply of their sriracha here in this factory. if you've tasted it, it first was here.
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more delicious ingredients are prepared
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then it is placed into large blue barrels
