The reds I grow are always very fruity and sweet. That said, I grow three types of reaper - reds, yellows, and chocolates. The yellows are a bit citrusy with floral notes. Chocolates are earthy - sometimes floral and bitter, other times smoky and sweet.
If I get my peppers from anywhere else, they're usually very floral, or bitter, both, or no flavor.
I envy yall. I can never get any notes over the heat.
Interestingly, the particular smell and taste of a superhot comes form the oil - capsicum chinense.. I'm not a huge fan of it which is why I toast, roast, smoke, pickle, and ferment my superhots, so I can enjoy the heat without that weird flavor (it overpowers everything). If we could take the heat from a reaper and put it in a lemon drop pepper (yellow jalepeno) that would be tits
Correction: I was reminded shortly after this comment of a pepper I grew a couple years ago - Biquinho. A very fruity pepper with little heat, but it came with that floral chinense 'flavor'. So, not just superhots have it.
God, I've gotten so spoiled at this point that I can't eat a pizza, or burgers, without some grilled up Jalapenos. Even pickled will do in a pinch.
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