Our Story
The first bottles of sauce produced at scale with the name bombanana (2020)
September, 2019
Al Pastor Tacos
Our four co-founders, one a chef, another a lifelong hot sauce connoisseur are living together in Ann Arbor at the University of Michigan. They share many classic meals at their off-campus house dubbed the Lodge. During one, they craft their first shared spicy sauce.
November, 2019
Original Recipe Perfected and First Sauce Distributed
After a trial and error process, the lads finalize the recipe for the Original Every Day Sauce, then called La Bomba Banana. They decide to replace raw sugar with bananas, reasoning that people were ignoring how amazing sweet could be with heat, and how much more depth of flavor and versatility could be added to spicy sauces.
The gents share bottles of the sauce they produced in their kitchen with their friends and family.
January, 2020
A Business is Born
With strong responses in the first semester, the four founders decide to start a real business around the dining room table of the Lodge
February, 2020
First Sauce Production Run at Feast
Feast Detroit comes onboard as an official partner and a sample batch of sauce is produced.
April, 2020
Official Launch
BOMBANANA begins selling to the public online @ www.seekthespice.com.
Spring 2021
Redefining Hot Sauce
Forbes, BBC World News, Spoon University, Daily Beast, Live in the D, and MLive features Bombanana for redefining hot sauce.
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