Tabasco is known the world over for giving kick to many different foods. All of this spice comes from a small factory in southern Louisiana.
The grounds are beautiful, and the Tabasco Company offers a complete look at the history and production of their product.
The visit starts in the company museum.
The self guided tour takes you from building to building. Along the way you pass some Tabasco themed artwork.
While most of the peppers used in the production are grown offshore, there is a greenhouse that they grow the plants to assure quality control, and provide seeds for their sources.
The barrel house is where the mash ages.
The blending of the salt, pepper and vinegar takes 28 days.
The bottling line was the most interesting. A small group of workers oversee the entire process.
Below a quality control worker monitors the process.
The bottles fly along their path.
Yet she can spot an issue, and pull the bottle from production.
An overview of the bottling operation.
More quality control.
The workers seemed at ease with the stream of people watching them through the windows.
These innocent little bottles give so many so much pleasure, and to some serious heartburn.
Their product is shipped worldwide – today it is going to Portugal.
Just outside the line are some giant bottles.
The factory tour was interesting, and well designed.
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