chili tepin...........

[chefrob]

my friend gave me this plant that he grew from seeds that he got from mexico. Chile Tepin is indigenous here in the Sonoran desert, it grows wild and is spread from birds. this chile is usually dried and crushed on to a plate of food but you can pickle them or eat them fresh. the burn is very intense from the git go and last at a pretty good level through out the meal.....i remember my grandfather going out front to get a couple from the bush he had growing......don't let the size fool ya. i can't wait for this bush to turn red full of berries.





as usual, thx for stoppin' by.........

[Richtee]

Birds need to eat the seeds and shit them out before they are viable. FYI

[barleypop]

Looks like chile pequin, I wonder if the same or different peppers.

[Slanted88]

some heat in that gig...

[chefrob]

Looks like chile pequin, I wonder if the same or different peppers.

not the same......pequin is not as hot and is not as round.

[chefrob]

Birds need to eat the seeds and shit them out before they are viable. FYI

you wanna be my little birdy..........

some heat in that gig...

they do pack a punch.......

[barleypop]

not the same......pequin is not as hot and is not as round.

Gonna have to try some, hot sauce junky here. Just finished up some lactofermented chile arbol salsa.

[THE ICEMAN]

If you get a good crop, dry some up & save 'em for me, pretty please...
Or I could take some of your leftovers & I'll figger oot what to do with them...

[SMOKE FREAK]

Pequin are plenty hot but the Tepin are damn sure hotter...

The ones I grew were so packed full of seeds that they didn't work well for my needs...But they were HOT!