Merfs Condiments

It’s time to say goodbye. Merfs website and Instagram will be shut down on January 1. If you can’t live without Merfs, this is your last chance to buy the recipe for your favorite sauce.

All of Merfs beloved recipes are available for purchase on the website, and you can go to the website using the link in bio.

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It’s been a pleasure serving you these last 12 years.

Merfs fans, all of your favorite Merfs hot sauce recipes are available on the website — and they make the perfect last-minute Christmas gifts. These digital recipes are ideal for the food lovers, heat chasers, and DIY cooks in your life who want to level up their kitchen game. Each one offers a fun, approachable way to learn something new and make bold, delicious craft hot sauces at home. If you want to give a gift that’s memorable, useful, and genuinely exciting to unwrap, this is it. Explore all the recipes on the website — link in bio.


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Attention Merfs fans! The Fresa Picante Hot Sauce recipe is now available on the website—and it’s the perfect last-minute Christmas gift for the hot sauce lover in your life. It’s a fun, hands-on way to learn something new and an easy way to dive into hot-sauce-making. Fresa Picante is a bright, ruby-red sauce that blends fresh strawberry sweetness with jalapeño heat for a clean, vibrant, deliciously spicy kick, and it’s incredible on tacos, grilled chicken, breakfast plates, and cheese boards. Grab your copy of the recipe on the website — link in bio.


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Great news, Merfs fans — the Her Majesty Hot Sauce recipe just dropped on the website and makes the perfect last-minute Christmas gift for the hot sauce lover in your life. It’s a creative, eye-opening kitchen project that teaches anyone how to make a sauce with real elegance. Her Majesty is a jewel-bright, fruit-forward blend of strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries balanced with serrano heat and a lift of fresh lime for a clean, confident kick. It’s incredible on duck, venison, brie, salads, or melted into butter for wings. Grab your copy of the recipe on the website — link in bio.


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If you need a killer last-minute Christmas gift, Merfs fans, the Peaches & Scream Hot Sauce recipe is now available on the website for the hot sauce lover in your life. It’s a fiery, learn-as-you-go kitchen adventure that teaches you how to make a sauce with serious attitude. Peaches & Scream is a fruit-forward super-hot that blends ripe peaches and mango with Carolina Reaper heat for a bright, tangy, unapologetic kick. It’s incredible on seafood, fried chicken, grilled cheese, and any dish that benefits from a sharp, fruity punch. Grab your copy of the recipe on the website — link in bio.


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Merfs fans, the Wildfire Whiskey Hot Sauce recipe is officially live on the website and makes an unforgettable last-minute Christmas gift for the hot sauce lover in your life. It’s a bold, skill-building kitchen project that adds a little swagger to anyone’s cooking game. Wildfire Whiskey is a smoky, whiskey-kissed burner that blends roasted red jalapeños with tart cranberries and a 3-way aged Colorado whiskey for a deep, warming flavor. It’s rich, fruity, slightly sweet, and incredible on turkey, chicken and waffles, breakfast plates, and pork chops. Grab your copy of the recipe on the website — link in bio.


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I’m learning to hold the ocean— to understand what humility really means, defined in one of my favorite books as a clear recognition of what and who I really am, followed by a sincere attempt to become who I can be.

People often describe me as vibrant, playful, effervescent. Those who truly know me would agree—and add that my feelings run deep and wide as the ocean. They are wild, overflowing, uncontainable. And it’s true.

For a long time, I felt ashamed of taking in all the world and tasting it. I’ve been told I’m too much more times than I can count. But this container was meant to hold the ocean, to truly peer into the depths and come out renewed.

Feelings are simply proof that we’re alive. They’re invitations to understand our own nature—to listen, to learn. Every time I turn inward, I find a story. Sometimes it’s true, sometimes it isn’t, but always, it reveals me to myself.

That’s the quiet work of humility: meeting ourselves in the dark. Remembering that both life and feeling are temporary. And knowing that if we slow down long enough, we’ll find what we’ve been seeking all along—profound self-love.

Is extraction (exploitation) native to capitalism?

Of course it is.

Because your wages will never equal the value you create for your employer.

Let’s run some real numbers from my old hot sauce company:

We produced 150 gallons — about 300 cases — of sauce per batch.
Four employees, 8 hours, $15/hour.
Each person took home $120 before taxes.

That one batch had a market value of $14,400.
After cost of goods and overhead, the net profit was around $8,091.
Each employee took home 1.4% of that profit.

At that time, $15/hour was $2/hour more than the average kitchen wage.
Even if they’d been paid $30/hour, they’d still only make 2.9% of net profits.

There’s no such thing as a fair wage in capitalism when wages are compared to value created. This math applies to everyone who’s employed.

Your paycheck could never—and will never—match the value you generate for that company.

Stop trading your most valuable resource—time—to make someone else rich.

It will never be worth it. If you’re ready to stop grinding, DM me.

I started Merfs in 2014 with a couple of hot sauce recipes and a belief that I could make it work—as long as I stayed organized and was willing to work hard.

The first six months were setup: forming the business, designing the brand, handling regulatory compliance, and finding a commissary kitchen. Once all that was in place, it was time to sell.

Every Monday, I’d pick a Denver neighborhood and make a list of 6–8 restaurants I wanted to work with.
Every Tuesday, I’d drive around with a car full of samples and cold call that list in person.
Every Wednesday, I’d follow up with the restaurants from the week before.
Week after week. Year after year.

I learned it takes, on average, three to six in-person visits to get one account.

By 2017, Merfs was in 150 restaurants. I was making every bottle, doing the books, deliveries, invoices—everything—while still working two restaurant jobs just to survive. I was exhausted and losing my mind working 100+ hours a week, but I couldn’t stop.

I knew I needed food service distribution, and I knew I had earned it. I emailed the local buyer for Shamrock Foods twice a week for six weeks. She never replied—just sent me a calendar invite.

When I showed up to that meeting, she said, “You’ve got a lot of tenacity. You’ve been driving me crazy with all your emails. What do you want?”

I told her I had 65 restaurants using Shamrock for distribution—and all of them were already buying Merfs hot sauce. I said I needed her to onboard four SKUs immediately because I couldn’t handle deliveries anymore. She was absolutely FLOORED.

They onboarded Merfs in less than a week, and I went on to expand into more than 700 restaurants.

Tenacity is showing up no matter what—because you know success is the only way out, and you’re willing to do whatever it takes to get there.

If you’re ready to take control of your future by starting a business and leveraging your time and talents, I can teach you how. DM me for details!

What does it mean to have a vision for the future?
It means dreaming boldly, wildly—recognizing that our universe is infinite, and therefore, so are we.

I, like anyone else, can get lost in the reality of modern life: the relentless pace of hustle culture, the belief that productivity equals worth, and the constant noise of 24/7 connectivity.

When I’m stuck in that space, everything feels empty and hollow. Fear takes over. And I forget that the life I’m living right now is the very life 20-year-old me dreamed of.

I’ve reclaimed my sanity and rediscovered my purpose through just twenty minutes of visioning meditation every morning.

And you know what?
I’m reminded that I am an all-powerful creator—responsible for cultivating the life I crave.

I’m reminded that vision—knowing what I truly desire—is the first step in building a plan to reach my beautiful future.

The magic of life will always be found in stillness and slowing down, reaching within ourselves to discover the truth.
It’s in that quiet space where our deepest knowing returns, and from that knowing, the future awakens and the path becomes clear.