Ají charapita
Capsicum frutescens
A small yellow Peruvian chile added for fruit-forward high-heat discovery, specialty sourcing, and South American culinary research.
Hot
30,000–50,000 SHU
- Flavor
- Small, fruit-forward, and high-heat in the current comparison model.
- Origin
- Peruvian Amazon Peru
- Best uses
- Small-batch sauces, garnish, specialty dried use.
- Days to maturity
- 95-125
How the heat plays out
Early estimateBuilds gradually, climbs to a high peak, and lingers a while, felt on the tongue and through the mouth. Bright, concentrated
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Aji White Fantasy
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Jamaican Mushroom
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tropical-fruit · floral · fresh match · one tier hotter
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- Guía de oportunidades de mercado para los ajíes nativos de Perú Bioversity International / CGIAR
- Catálogo de ajíes (Capsicum spp.) peruanos promisorios conservados en el banco de semillas del INIA - Perú Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria (INIA)
- Ajíes nativos peruanos Rosario Rojas, Kirti Patel, Candy Ruiz, Rosa Calderón, Edgard Asencios, Fredy Quispe, and Mavel Marcelo / Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia with Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria
- Capsicum del Perú: pimientos, rocotos y ajíes PromPerú