African Pequín Yellow

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African Pequín Yellow
African Piquin Yellow; African Piquín Yellow; Yellow African Piquín; African Pequin YellowEdit
A-P-Y-6-007
C. annuum
40,000 - 60,000
Hot (15,001–100,000 SHU)
YellowEdit
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A C. annuum variety. Ripens to yellow, pequin/small bullet pods. Clocks in at 40,000–60,000 SHU — hot, with a lingering burn. Associated with Mexico / SW United States. Part of the Chile Pequín/Tepin complex — tiny, fiery peppers that blur the line between wild and cultivated.

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How hot is the African Pequín Yellow?

The African Pequín Yellow measures 40,000–60,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU), making it a hot pepper — roughly 8 times hotter than a jalapeño (which tops out around 8,000 SHU).

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