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baccatum Baccatum Peppers. Question about flavor

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arijer

Hi everyone...
 
This is to all the recent Baccatum loving / praise posts..... lol  (and no this is not a attack.  Its a honest question)
 
Honestly from the whole spectrum Baccatum so far has to be the absolute lowest on my like scale for peppers.  I like Chinense, frutescens, but I can eat certain Anuums all day long.  Seriously, like right off the plant everytime i am in the garden.  Anyways, i digress.   I have grown the following baccatums in the past.
 
Bishop Hat
Aji Habanero
Blondie
Aji Red
 
While they have a "decent flavor" (blondie sucked, totally bland i thought), they all had this weird like almost soapy after taste.  Actually the reason I stopped growing orange Habs also.  Some reason all strains i grew of Orange habs had this nasty aftertaste also.  So is it just these certain strains? am i doing something wrong in my feedings ? (I use mainly House & Garden Soil 1 and H&G additives for fertilizer).  Almost everyone speaks so highly of this Baccatum flavor.  What am i doing wrong that mine have a horrible weird after taste???  
 
Thanks for the input guys.
 
Gabe
 
Some claim they get the soapy taste in extreme heat. I haven't really experienced it. 
 
I never had any of the baccatum that you list. 
 
I realized it's all individual perspective but some really good ones are 
 
Limon, Pineapple, champion, bolsa de dulce. I hear amarillo is really good but haven't had any yet they are taking forever to ripen. 
 
Some claim they get the soapy taste in extreme heat. I haven't really experienced it. 
 
I never had any of the baccatum that you list. 
 
I realized it's all individual perspective but some really good ones are 
 
Limon, Pineapple, champion, bolsa de dulce. I hear amarillo is really good but haven't had any yet they are taking forever to ripen. 


Yeah, I'm trying a couple of new ones for me this year. I just planted some
Aji Fantasy
Aji Finlandia

I'm thinking of planting
Aji Pepon
Aji Peruvian
Aji Llaneron

But those may have to wait for me to get a house
Space is limited in my apartment. Can't push out my Jalapeño, Sandia, Thai Sun, Thai Orange, Datil, JHC... Yeah :( I have a problem lol :)
 
I haven't grown a whole lot of baccatum (more of a chinense guy), but I have only had a soapy taste from the seed/placenta part of the pods in my experience. I like to eat around that part and toss the rest. I had plans of growing a good handful of baccatums to try this year, but never got around to it. Next year...
 
For those of you that experience baccatums with soapy flavor, what does cilantro/coriander taste like? There's a genetic component involved in cilantro tasting like soap for some people, it might be related.
 
JohnPablok said:
For those of you that experience baccatums with soapy flavor, what does cilantro/coriander taste like? There's a genetic component involved in cilantro tasting like soap for some people, it might be related.
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Cilantro?
 
Hum being israeli, I don't think i could survive without cilantro.  Its in the blood stream... lol  I love it.  Smell, taste.  
 
I'm the guy that hates cilantro.
 
I can eat Lemon Drop peppers like popcorn and I kind of like Brazilian Starfish. In the next week or two I'll find out if I like Aji Amarillo. So far that's my only experience with fresh baccatums.
 
I have Bishops hat and Brazilian starfish and been growing orange habs for 4 years now. Don't get that soapy taste you talking about. My BH taste like a bell pepper with a touch of heat and my starfish taste a lot like Thai dragon with less heat. Could be my taste buds, or maybe growing conditions/fertilizer/pesticide?
Are you using insecticidal soap?
I like Organocide, it smells a little off when you spray it but washes off pretty easily.
 
This is my first year trying any baccatums. Of those I've had so far, I really like the Aji Cito and Pineapple, a lot. I don't really like the Aji Habanero much, not sure why. It doesn't taste bad to me, just nothing stands out that I like about it. I'll probably dry most of them and see how powder turns out. It might make a good base for mixing with other things. I'm growing Brazilian Starfish and Aji Verde too. I had some B. Starfish in a box from Wicked Mike, they were good, but I really liked the Inca Red Drops. It was like fruit gushers juicy, followed by a nice bit of creeper heat. Planning to grow those next year for sure.
 
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