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Wild Desert TepÍn Pepper
the World's Hottest Spice!
(Pronounced "Tay-PEEN") -- Get a free sample of the pepper flakes, below.

Copyright © 2005, 2006, 2008 by Craig and Sue Dremann, co-owners
Redwood City Seed Company, Box 361, Redwood City, California 94064 - (650) 325-7333.
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Tepín (Capsicum annuum v. aviculare), the tiny round fruit 1/4" across, is only harvested from wild plants growing in the desert mountains of Northern Mexico, much hotter than Habanero, Scotch Bonnet or Tabasco. Plants are late maturing, usually requiring 120 days for green fruit and 200 days from the setting out of plants to mature red ripe fruit.

All pepper plants are perennials when protected from cold, so the Tepin can be grown in 3-5 gallon containers, and brought indoors during the winter months of frost, and then taken back outdoors in spring, when nights warm back up into the 50s and higher.

Plants grow into round perennial bushes, and kept in a container year-round and protected from cold, you can keep the same plants growing for at least 4-5 years that way, and plants can live as long as 30-50 years. Being a wild plant, seeds can take 3-5 weeks to germinate at 80-85°F daytime soil temperatures , with the total germination rate from 80%-90% .

THE WORLD'S HOTTEST PEPPER PODS, the dried Wild Desert Tepín --- actual size!
Whole pods Dried flakes

Dremann's Hotness Scale for the tiny Wild Desert Tepín=20,000-64,000
This is several times hotter than the Orange Habanero or Red Savina®, or the Bhut Jolokia pepper. With the amazing wild desert Tepin pepper flakes, you can make the world's hottest naturally-occurring hot sauce by mixing it with lime juice to taste. Soak in lime juice for 24 hours to soften the dried flakes, then put in the blender, and add enough lime juice to make a pourable sauce. Refrigerate, to store.

WILD DESERT TEPIN SEEDS FOR PLANTING-- PACKET (100 seeds) $4 for the first packet and $2.10 for each additional packet, including postage. Grow the hottest pepper in your garden!

DRIED WILD DESERT TEPIN FLAKES, known as the "Gringo-killer!"
1/4 Oz. $5, 1/2 oz. $10, OZ. $18, 1.5 oz. $25, 2 oz. $35, 4 oz. $60, 1/2 pound $100
Prices include postage to customers in USA, CANADA and Mexico.

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Ask for the >>>"Taste of Tepin"<<<

PEPPER SEED COLLECTIONS that include a packet of the wild desert TEPIN seed, at http://www.ecoseeds.com/collect.html

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SOME OF OUR OTHER VERY HOT PEPPERS: Chocolate Habanero

---Chocolate Habanero or Chocolate Congo. One of hottest of the large-fruited habanero types, and the favorite pepper in the Caribbean to make barbecue sauces and marinades, with a unique rich flavor unduplicated by any other pepper. Can be dried and smoked like the Chipotle, to produce an exquisite flavored sauce. Beautiful chocolate brown, 2 inches long. (HS: 6,000 f). PKT. (35 seeds) $10

Habanero Craig's Triple Hot Orange

---Habanero Craig's Triple Hot Orange. Square shaped fruit 2" long, turning orange with an unusual apricot flavor and scent when ripe. Plants 3 feet tall and 4 feet across, very prolific about 50-100 fruit per plant. Loved for its unique fruity flavor and juicy, crunchy fruit. This selection is three times as hot as the usual orange Habanero variety. (HS: 15,384 f) PKT. (35 seeds) $5

Habanero Gold Bullet ®, life size

---Habanero Gold Bullet ® (C. chinense) Spreading low bush, 2-3 ft. tall and 4 ft. across. Very productive and early, fruit 1" long and 1/2" across, bullet-shaped. If you like the heat of the White Bullet®, then the Gold Bullet® variety is about three times hotter, and is nearly twice as hot as the Bhut Jolokia. (HS: 40,000 f). Federally registered trademark, not shipped outside of the USA. PKT. (35 seeds) $10

---Habanero Mustard (C. chinense) Plants 4 feet tall and 3 feet across. Extremely hot fruit 1.5-2 inches long and 1 inch across, very wrinkled, orange when ripe. One of the world's hottest peppers. (HS: 23,076 f) PKT. (35 seeds) $5

Habanero Paper Lantern

---Habanero Paper Lantern. (C. chinense x annuum x pubescens) One of earliest maturing of the large-fruited habanero types. Plants 2 feet tall and 3-4 feet across, fruit hanging 2" long and 0.6" across, not your typical habanero, productive and easy to harvest. (HS: 6,667 f). PKT. (35 seeds) $5

---Habanero Peach (C. chinense) Very unusual color for a pepper fruit, a pure peach, turning yellow when ripe. Plants 2.5 feet tall and 3 feet across. Fruit 1-2 inches long and 1 inch across, with about 100 fruit per plant. (HS: 9,524 f) PKT. (35 seeds) $5

The amazing abundance of the White Bullet® Habanero, on a single plant!

---Habanero White Bullet ® (C. chinense) The earliest maturing and most productive habanero, with white fruit turning light golden, 1/2" wide and 1" long. "Dare to bite the bullet"™ -- the fruits are 3x hotter than most other habaneros, and 2x as hot as the chocolate! If you can successfully grow the orange habanero or the red scotch bonnets in your garden, then wait until you see the staggering yields of the White Bullet®---a single plant can produce over 1,000 fruit weighing a total of five pounds! (HS: 16,000 d). Federally registered trademark, not shipped outside of the USA. PKT. (35 seeds) $5

Indian PC-1, the extra-hot and prolific fruit from the Southeast Asian center of hot peppers.

---Indian PC-1 (C. frutescens) One of the world's hottest peppers, about 5 times hotter than the average orange habanero, and twice as hot as the Red Savina®. Fruit 2-3" long and 1/4" across on a large plant 3-4 feet tall and 5 feet across. A faster-ripening pepper than the Tepín. (HS: 25,000). PKT. (100 seeds) $1

Pequin dried flakes, one of the world's hottest peppers.

---Pequin or Prin-key-new (C. frutescens) One of the top-10 hottest peppers, originally from the Americas and now grown in Thailand where it is known as the Prin-key-new. This tiny pepper, only 1/4 inch long, really packs a punch, and the dried flakes are usually smoked like Chipotle, so add a very distinctive flavor to dishes. (HS: 20,000). PKT. (100 seeds) $3.50

Punjab Small Hot

---Punjab Small Hot (C. frutescens) Another of those really hot scorchers from India, nearly three times hotter than the regular ornage habanero. Beautiful red fruit 2-3" long and 1/4" across. (HS: 13,300) PKT. (100 seeds) $2.00

Scotch Bonnet Big Sun

---Scotch Bonnet BIG SUN Yellow (C. chinense) Plants 1-2 feet tall and 2 feet across, branching at base or single stem, fruit very large, 1.5" along and 1.2" across, very productive. One of the Scotch bonnets/habanero varieties that has dark green fruit, which is desirable in certain fresh fruit markets. (HS: averages 7,200 f, ranges 4,000-11,420 f) PKT. (35 seeds) $5

Scotch Bonnet Burkina Yellow

---Scotch Bonnet Burkina Yellow (C. chinense) Plants 2 feet tall and 2 feet across, fruit 1.2" long and 1.2" across, productive. (HS: 6,667 f) PKT. (35 seeds) $5

Scotch Bonnet Caribbean Red

---Scotch Bonnet Caribbean Red (C. chinense) Plants 3 feet tall and 4 feet across, fruit 1.5" long and 1" across, about 100 fruit per plant, ripening over 3-4 week period. (HS: 8,000 f) PKT. (35 seeds) $5

---Scotch Bonnet Red Fire (C. chinense) PKT. (35 seeds) $5

Scotch Bonnet Safi Red

---Scotch Bonnet Safi Red (C. chinense) Compact plants 1-2 feet tall and 1-2 ft. across, fruit 1" x 1". One of the Scotch bonnets/habanero varieties that has dark green fruit when immature, which is desirable in certain fresh fruit markets. (HS: 4,444 f). PKT. (35 seeds) $5

Sudanese fruit, life size

---Sudanese (C. frutescens) Beautiful plant 2 feet tall and 12" across, fruit upright or hanging, 1" long and 0.3" across, very early and productive, very nice and easy to grow in a pot. (HS: 5,000-10,000 f) PKT. (35 seeds) $5
Zimbabwe Bird fruit, life size

---Zimbabwe Bird. (C. annuum) Ornamental round plant 8-12" tall and 1-2 feet across. Plants very prolific, looking a like a lawn of fruit. Pods are upright, triangular, 3/4" long and 1/4" across. One of the world's hottest peppers, a bird pepper from Africa, and very rare. (HS: 19,500 f) PKT. (35 seeds) $5.

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