Information: The Carolina Reaper has held the record of being the world`s hottest chili since November 2013. The variety was cultivated by chili farmer Ed Currie from the PuckerButt Pepper Company in South Carolina (USA). The name...

Info: The Blondy Chili is an unusual breed from Scandinavia, which in fact does not rank among the top ten chili regions ;-). Blondy belongs to the species Capsicum baccatum ("tree chilis"), which has its origin in the South...

Information: The Rokita Chili is a relatively early ripening Chili variety, which produces pretty, approx. 10 to 15 cm long, red pepperoni. The plants are robust and vigorous and very productive. This could make a support or...

Information: Arlecchino Chili comes from Italy and means translated "Harlequin Chili". And indeed: dark foliage and the small upright-growing chillies that ripen from black-purple to orange to red, show a beautiful play of colours....

Info: The Pyramid Chili is a very pretty variety from Italy. The small, almost pyramid-shaped chillies grow upright in clusters and are a real eye-catcher on the balcony or terrace, as they ripen from green to orange and purple to...

Info: The Takanotsume Chili is a must for lovers of Japanese cuisine, but also worth a (cultivation) try for all others. In Europe it is also known as the Hawk Claw Chilli, probably due to its talon shape. Takanotsume is the...

Info: The Cheiro Roxa Chili is a very pretty, unusual chili variety from Brazil. The fruits have a lampion shape and a beautiful play of salmon colours with a light purple/rose coating. They are also fruity and flavourful and have...

Info: The Zimbabwe Black Chili is an African birdseye with beautiful from purple-black to red ripening, upright growing small chillies. The leaves often have some variegation in green and purple and the purple flowers are also very...

Info: The Stromboli Red Chili is named after the Italian volcanic island in the Mediterranean of the same name. The small, bright red coloured chilies, which grow upright on the bush, look like small lava explosions from a volcano....

Info: The Poot Pepper is a popular chili variety in Korea and has a mild heat. The plants are productive and can also be cultivated well in pots due to their compact, medium-size growth. The chillies are elongated, up to 16 cm long...

Info: The Grisu Chili is an early and hot variety from Sardinia. The vigorous medium-sized plants produce meaty, dark green to red ripening, cone-shaped fruits. They are medium hot and ideal for stuffing and grilling, fresh in...

Info: The Capezzoli di Scimmia Chili comes from Italy, where its name means "monkey nipple". It has very small, almost round fruits (about 1.5 cm in diameter) that ripen in a bright orange. They are fiery hot and have the typical...

Info: The Biquinho chili varieties from Brazil are pronounced bee-KEE-nyo and Biquinho Amarelo means "little yellow beak". The bright yellow 4 cm pods taper to a point like an inverted teardrop and have a rich fruitiness with a...

Info: The Dente de Coyote Chili is a special variety with small elongated ivory fruits that look like a coyote fang. It was bred by the Italian chili pope Massimo Biagi at the University of Pisa. The plants grow quickly and...

Info: The Brazilian Starfish Yellow is a Capsicum baccatum variety and grows very large and branched with large leaves, as is typical for this type. The shape of the fruits is reminiscent of star shaped UFOs or small starfish -...

Info: This chili is named after the mountain Dragon`s Back, which is located south of Hong Kong. It is a beautiful mountain of terraces that have been cut into the mountain sides, hundreds of years ago to grow rice. The Dragons...

Info: The Sichuan 7 Stars Chili is one of the best-known Chinese chillies, with occasional confusion about the actual meaning of the word: The Chinese call this chili "Zhi Tian Jiao". Jiao means pepper that grows upwards. The...

Info: As global trade expands, more and more very rare chilli varieties from the most remote regions find their way to Europe - including those that have been harvested and used locally for hundreds of years. This is also true for...

Info: The Xian Horn Chili is the variety used in most Chinese restaurants. Xian (pronounced: chi:an) is originally a Cayenne chili, but unlike its cousins from India or Thailand, this special breed is sweeter in taste and less...

Info: The Trindad Scorpion Moruga Chocolate Chili originates from the Caribbean and is a variety of the Trinidad Scorpion Moruga chili. The pods ripen in a beautiful hocolate brown colour, are slightly larger than those of the Red...

Info: The Frontera Sweet Chili comes from the Canary Islands and is an excellent mild Chinense variety with a distinct Habanero flavour. Perfect for those who like the Habanero flavour, but not their extreme heat. The Frontera...

Info: Like its other chili relatives, this rare variety of habanero originates from Mexico and is one of the hottest chillies in the world with a spice grading of 300,000 Scoville heat units. The plant grows approximately 50cm...

Info: The `Basket of Fire` chili wonderfully productive and decorative chilli pepper plant. This colourful variety becomes smothered with small, hot chillies which mature from green to creamy white to a deep purple through orange...

Information: The Snoopy Chili is a very beautiful, slightly hot pepper with an enormous yield. The pretty small, 8-10 cm long pointed peppers ripen in a bright red and are thick-walled and juicy with a fruity-sweet pepper taste and...

Information: The Pepperone Piccante Lungo Chili is a moderately hot, intensively red ripening pointed pepper from the south of Italy, from Calabria. The juicy peppers are about 10 cm long, thick-walled and are ideal for grilling,...

Information: The Jeaun Paulo Chili comes from Sardinia and has been cultivated there by the family of a chili grower (Jeaun Paulo) for many generations. The chillies are 15 to 20 cm long, ripen in a bright red and have a medium...

Information: The Cherrybomb Hot Tomato Chili is a typical Cherrybomb variety, whose fruits remind of the shape of a heart tomato. They ripen bright red and have thick, juicy fruit walls with a typical chili pepper flavour and a...

Information: The TSC Yellow Scotch Bonnet is one of the nicest tasting chillies and another fantastic variety from Trinidad in the Caribbean. The pods start off green and end up a warm yellow colour, when they are fully mature....

Information: The Thunder Mountain Longhorn Chili comes from China from a region with the so-called "Thunder Mountains", hence the name. The bright red, slender, thin-walled chillies can reach record-breaking lengths of up to 30 cm...

Information: The Tolli`s Sweet Italian Chili is a delicious red pointed pepper heirloom from Italy. The scarlet-red pointed peppers are about 10 to 15 cm long, very flavourful, sweet and juicy and have no heat. It is one of the...

Information: The Soroksari Chili is a Hungarian heiroom and sweet and juicy pointed pepper with large pale-yellow fruit that turns to orange and red when ripened. Usually, they are harvested in the pale-yellow ripening stage. They...

Information: The Romanian Giallo Chili is a heirloom from Romania that produces long, conical, light green peppers turning to a bright yellow when ripe. They have the typical pepperoni flavour and a medium, rather mild heat. They...

Information: The Purple Ufo Chili is a pretty rare variety with purple and a most incredible shape: like small ufos hanging on the plant. They ripen from dark purple to orange-red to red and have a mild, pleasant heat. The taste is...

Information: The Peperoncini Piccante Guarda Cielo Chili is a small Italian variety with small, colourful, hot chillies. The chillies grow upright ("guarda cielo" means "look into the sky") and ripen from green to yellow and orange...

Information: Lemon Dream Chili is a flavor-loaded explosion of super-bright yellow sweet snack peppers. The small, approx. 50 - 60 cm high plants bear enormous quantities of the glossy glowyy fruits - a pretty eye-catcher on the...

Information: Named after the town of Jalapa (Veracruz) in Mexico, the Jalapeno chili is one of the best-known and most-loved chilies in Mexico and the United States. This extraordinary, bright orange Jalapeno is a breed of the...

Information: Named after the town of Jalapa (Veracruz) in Mexico, the Jalapeno chili is one of the best-known and most-loved chilies in Mexico and the United States. This extraordinary, bright yellow Jalapeno is a breed of the...

Information: Named after the town of Jalapa (Veracruz) in Mexico, the Jalapeno chili is one of the best-known and most-loved chilies in Mexico and the United States. The Jalapeño Brown (or Chocolate) Chili is amild...

Information: The Habanada Chili is just right for anyone who wants all the floral fruity flavour of the Habanero, but without blewing your mouth up - a HABAnero without heat (NADA). Habanada is the product of natural breeding...

Information: Friariello di Napoli are very tasty mild peppers from the Naples region. They are also known as Perperoncini verdi and are usually harvested green and typically are fried whole in olive oil until blistered and browned....

Information: The Fidalgo Roxa Chili comes from Brazil and is one of the best looking peppers you can grow. The pods have the shape of a small, elongated lantern, are about 4 cm long and look like candies. They ripen with an amazing...

Information: The Cayenne Fogaras Chili is a Romanian breeding of the red, classic Cayenne chili. Cayennes are one of the most widespread varieties worldwide and a real classic on your spice rack. The plants grow bushy and produce...

Information: The Cayenne Chocolate Chili is a brown variety of the red, classic Cayenne Chili. The cayenne chili pepper is one of the most common varieties of chili in the world and is a real classic on your spice rack. The plants...

Information: The Brown or Chocolate Bhutlah is a strain of chili pepper, made by an unintentional cross-pollination between the Trinidad Douglah (also known as the 7 pot/pod douglah or 7 pod brown) and Bhut Jolokia (ghost pepper)....

Information: Biquinho Vermelho chili from Brazil is pronounced bee-KEE-nyo and means "little beak". The bright red 4 cm pods taper to a point like an inverted teardrop and have a rich fruitiness with a distinctive smokey flavour...

Information: The Aji Mochero Chili comes from the northern Andes region of Peru and has been cultivated there for over 2000 years. The elongated, bright yellow fruits have a fruity Chinense aroma with a light citrus note. The...

Information: The Aji Charapita Yellow Chili comes from the border area of Peru to Brazil and is often considered as most expensive Chili of the world. Because of its rarity it is sometimes also called caviar chili. It is small,...

Information: The 7 pod chillies (also known as 7 pot chillies) are some of the hottest chillies in the world and on a same high level as the bhut jolokia or Trinidad Scorpion. It gets its name from the idea that just one pepper is...