Chupetinho / Biquinho

b3rnd · Sep 26, 2017

Hey there,

I always thought the Chupetinho and Biquinho peppers were one and the same. But now I saw that the Hippy Seed Company has them listed as separate peppers?

What's the difference?

Malarky · Sep 26, 2017

Heat level I think.
One hot, one not

b3rnd · Sep 26, 2017

Interesting. You don't know which one is hot and which one isn't, by any chance?

karoo · Sep 26, 2017

Chupetinho is quite hot , 50-150 000 scovilles , my opion .
Great small firm chinense , that is good for sauces and pickling.
Prolific producer as well .

Malarky · Sep 26, 2017

google says Biquinho's are 500-1000

Malarky · Sep 26, 2017

you could mix up a russian-roulette pickle mix, mostly biquinho's and some chup's for fun!
do you pickle them whole? or need to cut them open?
sweet pickle or sour?

TakashiLM · Sep 26, 2017

I'm from Brazil and ALL biquinho peppers we have here has 0 heat. absolutely no heat at all.

b3rnd · Sep 28, 2017

Thanks for the answers people! Seems there's still some debate about the subject. I'll just have to grow them both and confirm for myself I guess

karoo · Sep 28, 2017

Malarky said:
you could mix up a russian-roulette pickle mix, mostly biquinho's and some chup's for fun!
do you pickle them whole? or need to cut them open?
sweet pickle or sour?

Sweet pickle mostly whole with stalks off.