Peppers

Jalapeno Pepper

On the milder side of hot pepper varieties, Jalapeno peppers typically have a Scoville rating of 2,000 to 8,000. Because Jalapeno peppers add a bit of heat without overpowering a dish, they are an excellent choice for making salsas, adding to a pizza, or pickling and adding to the top of nachos.  

Carolina Reaper Hot Pepper

Believed to be the hottest pepper in the world, the Carolina Reaper is a serious scorcher! For those extreme pepper eaters, Carolina Reaper is a must. For those less adventurous, they make a great conversation piece in the garden. These devious little peppers are fiery red with a little scythe shaped tail at the base of many fruit, hence the name reaper. The heat rating on these monsters can be over 1,500,000 Scovilles; in comparison the spicy habanero is a mere 100,000 Scovilles! 

Death Spiral Hot Pepper

A gorgeous and intense pepper with a twisted shape that ranks among the world’s hottest! We were introduced to his little scorcher by extreme pepper expert, Jim Duffy of Refining Fires Chiles. The menacing fruit is contorted and wrinkled with a fierce little scythe-shaped tail. Jim developed this pepper after noticing a variant of the Naga Bubblegum Red chili (the seeds of which he received from English grower Terry Smith) growing among his plants in 2016. He reports that this pepper has a floral flavor and intense mouth burn that hits the tongue, gums and roof of the mouth. 

Kalugeritsa Hot Pepper

A beautiful and delicious pepper from eastern North Macedonia. This Jalapeno-level hot pepper was brought to us by Steve Neumann, who collected the seeds for this variety while visiting the village of Kalugeritsa. This super rare pepper is not known outside of the region, and he was unable to find a variety name; therefore the pepper bears the name of the little town in which it is grown. The flavor is full bodied and is one of the best peppers for roasting!