Shishito peppers are a popular appetizer peppers notable for being rather mild, but every so often a particular pod will pack some heat. Learn all about them. Scoville Heat Units: 50-200 SHU Capsicum Annuum The shishito pepper is a popular appetizer pepper that is interesting for being mostly a mild chili pepper, but every now...
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Sonora Chili Peppers
The sonora chili pepper is an Anaheim variety with a mild flavor, thick pepper walls, perfect for making stuffed peppers or for drying. Learn more about them.
Sport Peppers: All About Them
Sport Peppers are hot chili peppers common across the Southern US and are a key element of the famous Chicago style hot dog. They are usually pickled and big on flavor. Learn all about them here.
Sucette de Provence Chili Pepper
Capsicum Annuum The Sucette de Provence is an heirloom chili pepper from Provence, France. The fruit can grow up to six inches long and a half inch in diameter. The peppers ripen from green to orange and finally a brilliant red. Heat levels are variable, ranging from the very mild with practically no detectable heat to...
Sugar Rush Chili Peppers
Capsicum bacattum This is a rare Peach colored Capsicum bacattum variety from Peru that is very sweet. The heat level approaches habanero, but does not quite achieve it. It might be the only Peach colored Aji type we have ever seen. It is similar to the Aji Amarillo but much sweeter, which is why it's...
Super Chili Chili Peppers
Scoville Heat Units: 40,000-50,000 SHU These small peppers grow upright in clusters and mature from light green to red, often with shades of orange in between. They do best in a hot, humid climate. They grow to 1 ½”-2” in length and ½”- 1” in width and have a cone shape. They are decorative and...
Super Shepherd Chili Pepper
Scoville Heat Units: 0 SHU Capsicum Annuum The Super Shepherd is a large annual Italian sweet pepper which matures from green to red. They grow to about 7 inches and have a sweet and very palatable flavor with thick flesh, making them perfect for stuffing. In fact, because of their large size, they make a very...
Sweet Apple Pepper
Scoville Heat Units: 1,000+ SHU Capsicum Annuum A very sweet chili pepper ideal for all types of cooking. Use them in place of bell peppers in the Cajun Holy Trinity (bell peppers, onion, celery), for smaller stuffed peppers, for sweeter sauces, soups, stews, and even steeping to flavor liquids. The flavor is distinctively fruity. What...
Bell Peppers: All About Them
The bell pepper is a sweet, no-heat chili pepper of the species capsicum annuum, popular in many different cuisines around the world, sold in many colors. Learn more about them below. Scoville Heat Units: 0 SHU Capsicum Annuum What is a Bell Pepper? The bell pepper is zero-heat pepper used in many different cuisines around...
Tabasco Peppers: All About Them
The tabasco pepper is a chili pepper originating from Mexico, best known for being used to make the famous Tabasco sauce. The peppers are vibrant red and offer a nice level of heat. Learn more about them. Scoville Heat Units: 30,000 - 50,000 SHU Capsicum Frutescens The tabasco pepper is a variety of the chili...
Tabiche Chili Peppers
Scoville Heat Units: 85,000-115,000 SHU Originally from India, the Tabiche pepper can now be found growing worldwide and often year-round, but it does best in hot, dry climates. It grows to about three inches in length and an inch in width, with the shape of a thin teardrop. It has wrinkled, thin skin, and can...
Tangerine Dream Chili Pepper
The Tangerine Dream chili pepper is a gorgeous rocket-shaped sweet pepper that matures to a vibrant orange when ripe and ready to pick. The heat level is very low with a focus on the sweetness. The plants are quite productive with the peppers growing upwards.The fruits grow to approximately 3 inches in length and the...
Thai Pepper: Many Types and Heat Levels
Thai peppers are spicy chili peppers with a wide range of heat. There is no single type of Thai pepper, with at least 79 separate varieties. Learn more.
Tiburon Hybrid Chili Pepper
Scoville Heat Units: 1,000 – 2,000 SHU Capsicum Annuum The Tiburon Hybrid chili pepper is a type of poblano pepper that offers very large pepper harvests and extra large peppers. It is fairly low on the Scoville Heat Unit Scale, measuring in at between 1,000 - 2,000 SHU. The pods range from 5-7 inches long...
Tien Tsin Chili Peppers
Scoville Heat Units: 50,000 - 75,000 SHU The Tien Tsin is named after the province in China where its harvest originally took place. This pepper has traditionally accompanied fare in its native Asia. It now grows widely beyond the Middle Kingdom and appears in cuisines around the world. The Tien Tsin pepper is very hot....
Tiger Paw NR Chili Peppers
Scoville Heat Units: 265,000-328,000 SHU Developed in Charleston, South Carolina, the Tiger Paw NR is an extra-hot bright orange habanero variety. Although not necessarily bred for its heat, it does pack quite a punch compared to a regular habanero. The significance of this habanero hybrid is its resistance to root-knot nematode, a parasitic worm (hence...
Trinidad Moruga Scorpion Pepper: All About It
The Trinidad Moruga Scorpion pepper is one of the hottest peppers in the world, measuring in at over 2 Million Scoville Heat Units. Learn all about it. Scoville Heat Units: 2,009,231 SHU Capsicum Chinense In February 2012, the 2012 New Mexico Chile Conference, in association with Jim Duffy of Refining Fire Chiles, announced that the...
Trinidad Perfume Chili Peppers
The Trinidad Perfume chili pepper is a mild version of the hot habanero, but with almost no heat, known for it's perfume-like scent. Learn more about them.
Trinidad Scorpion Butch T Pepper
The Trinidad Scorpion Butch T is one of the hottest peppers in the world measuring over 1.4 Million Scoville Heat Units with bumpy skin and a scorpion-like tail. Learn more about it below. Scoville Heat Units: 800,000 - 1,463,700 SHU Capsicum Chinense When it comes to blazing heat that scorches quickly and precisely, the Trinidad...
Trinidad Scorpion Pepper
The Trinidad Scorpion Pepper is among the hottest peppers in the world with a big range of heat. It hails from the Caribbean and is named for it's scorpion-like tail. Learn more about these peppers below. Scoville Heat Units: 300,000+ SHU Capsicum Chinense The Trinidad Scorpion pepper is a chili pepper hailing from the Caribbean....
Tshololo Chili Pepper
Scoville Heat Units: 80,000 – 120,000 SHU We grew a variety of chili peppers in our garden this year, like every year, and were happy with a newcomer – the Tshololo chili pepper. There isn’t much information on this wonderful little pepper. It originates in Brazil and it is fairly rare. It is Capsicum Chinense....
Yatsafusa Chili Peppers
Scoville Heat Units: 75,000 SHU Also known as Japanese chile. Originating in Japan, these chiles come from small plants (the name refers to a dwarf tree) and grow upward in clusters around yellow flowers. It is grown as a short-lived perennial, meaning it comes back each year, but only for 2-3 years. Mature peppers are...