Proper Name: Pimenta de Neyde

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Type: Capsicum Annuum/Chinense

Rarity: Uncommon

Seed Availablity: Unavailable

Scoville Heat Units: 100K – 250K SHU

Sauce Strength Rating*: Hot – 3.5/11

Colour: A shade of purple that will vary from slightly pink to almost black and doesn’t appear to change with pod ripeness. Quite unusual.

Ripe Flavour: Red pepper meets apple peel.

Green Flavour: Slightly appley, slightly floral and somewhat bitter green chilli.

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Related Peppers: Bhut de Neyde

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*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.