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Featured plant. Capsicum frutescens - Wiri Wiri Pepper
Capsicum frutescens - Wiri Wiri Pepper
A variety from Guyana, the Wiri Wiri pepper is the illustrious gem; hard
sought and rarely found. This plant produces good yields of small 1/2" berry
shaped hot peppers. Peppers grow upright, are very hot, and turn from green,
to orange, to red when mature.
What makes it so much different than any other hot pepper grown in the
garden or bought at the store?
Hot? Yes, it is important that hot peppers are, but the people who
really know, know that it is not just about heat, it is about flavor! And that is
exactly what makes this little red gem so special. Guyanese dinners will
only take one of those meals for you to never forget! The secret of their food
is the flavor, and one of the cornerstone ingredients in many of their dishes
is the Wiri pepper. The Guyanese population claim that it is not just a key
ingredient to their diet, but also to why they are so good looking, live so
long and have such great skin.
