It All Began With Sichuan Pepper...
Sichuan pepper is our flagship product, and we carry several unique varieties—Flower Pepper, Qingxi Tribute Pepper, Da Hong Pao and Green Sichuan Pepper. While Sichuan pepper has been legal in the U.S. since the longstanding ban against it was lifted in 2005, what was available here was of uniformly lower grades and had all been subjected to excessive sanitizing heat as required by the USDA until recently.
When our reporting revealed that the heat-treatment requirement had been lifted, we were the first company in 50 years to import non-treated, superior-grade Sichuan pepper to America. And, of course, we also sourced an array of chilies for creating authentic Sichuan mala.
...And Expanded to Heritage Sauces
We soon discovered that Sichuan has many China Time-Honored Brands that have been producing artisan sauces for hundreds of years. Hundreds! They are little-known because the companies focus mainly on their mass-produced, supermarket product lines, maintaining the handcrafted, long-aged versions in service only to history, prestige and a small clientele. These products are small batch and hard to access even in China, much less outside the country.
Until now. Find them exclusively at The Mala Market.