Proper Name: Pequin NuMex Bailey
Pronunciation: Peh-Keen Nyu-Mex Bay-Lee
Name Origin: Mexican spanish and the New Mexico State University
Other Names: Piquin, Bird’s Eye*, Bird Pepper*
Type: Capsicum Annuum (Glabriusculum subtype)
Rarity: Common
Seed Availablity: Trade Only
Scoville Heat Units: 40K – 60K SHU
Sauce Strength Rating**: Hot – 3/11
Colour: Red
Ripe Flavour: A savoury, nutty red pepper with mild berry hints that tastes almost cherry smoked when dried.
Green Flavour: ???
Products: Chilli Bobs‘ Pink Peppercorn & Chilli Pickled Onions?, McIlhenny Co.’s Tabasco Brand Pepper Sauce?, Tabasco Chipotle Cola? & Tabasco Scorpion Sauce?, Dipitt’s Tobasco Sauce?, The Heat Lab’s Sweet Chilli? & Roast Garlic?
Recipes: ???
Related Peppers: Tepin Colarado (Chiltepin)
You may also enjoy: Tepin Colarado, Scorpoñero, Carboñero Red
* This name refers to more than one pepper. Click it for more info.
**This value represents the heat rating that I would expect to give to a sauce using this pepper as its main ingredient. Other ingredients or particularly high purity may result in a slightly stronger sauce, while lower concentrations will yeild a weaker one and other products may vary.