Martin Family Farms · Three Little Peppers Flavor Lab

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This is where farm-direct experiments get a chance to earn their way into the future 3LP lineup. Small batches. Real harvests. No promise that every recipe becomes an official sauce.

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FLAVOR LAB = FARM-DIRECT TEST BATCHES. These are Martin Family Farms experiments—not an announcement that a recipe has graduated into the official commercial 3LP lineup. Availability changes with the harvest and the batch.

The farm behind the experiments

Martin Family Farms

The Flavor Lab starts in the garden. Martin Family Farms grows the peppers, herbs and flowers behind these seasonal farm-direct experiments in Grants Pass, Oregon. 3LP is where the strongest ideas can eventually graduate into a separate commercial product.

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How this works

You help decide what survives.

We make small experimental batches from the farm side, put them in front of real people, and listen. If a recipe keeps earning strong feedback, it can move toward the separate commercial process required for an official Three Little Peppers release.

All ingredient inputs are organic. Heat comes from peppers, not extracts. The point of the lab is flavor first—then we find out whether the idea deserves another batch.

Latest lab drop · Farm direct

Plum Love

4/10 heat

A fruit-forward garden sauce built around fresh plum with Sugar Rush and Mild Armageddon peppers. Sweet, bright, peppery and intentionally below the superhot end of the 3LP spectrum.

This one is here to answer a simple question: does plum belong in the permanent rotation?

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Latest lab drop · Farm direct

Sunshine Rebel

5/10 heat

Fresh peach meets Sugar Rush Peach and Orange Spice Jalapeño with citrus, carrot, yellow onion and a touch of cinnamon. It lands in the middle: fruity and bright, with enough heat to stay interesting.

We are testing whether the balance feels like a signature sauce—or just a very good seasonal experiment.

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HeatMapped · Early community signal

What 34 tasters are telling us.

44%Prefer “hot but enjoyable” as their heat comfort zone.

19Selected sweet heat—the leading flavor profile so far.

12Said “surprise me” when asked about flavor personality.

HeatMapped currently has 34 responses. This is a small, self-selected early sample, so these are directional community signals—not definitive market segments. Smoky (18 selections) and savory (15) are also showing strong interest.

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What the lab actually looks like.

Real garden photos from the farm behind the Flavor Lab. Scroll through the season—or just let it roll.

Basket of peppers tomatoes carrots and herbs harvested at Martin Family Farms in Grants Pass — A real harvest before the recipe starts.

Fresh mixed harvest from Martin Family Farms in Grants Pass, Oregon — Fresh-picked, imperfect, and straight from the garden.

Pepper plants growing at Martin Family Farms in Grants Pass, Oregon — Pepper plants building the next batch.

Tomatoes ripening on the vine at Martin Family Farms in Grants Pass, Oregon — The farm is more than peppers.

Flowers growing among the crops at Martin Family Farms in Grants Pass, Oregon — Flowers growing right alongside the food.

Ripening pale yellow peppers on the plant at Martin Family Farms in Grants Pass, Oregon — Watching each pepper ripen before harvest.

Colorful pepper harvest from Martin Family Farms in Grants Pass, Oregon — Color, variety, and heat from one harvest.

Tell us what earns another batch.

Try the experiments when they are available from the farm, then leave a comment on the recipe or add your preferences to HeatMapped.

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