Wow I was totally blown away by this chile. I am still speechless and feel very confused. The flavor of this Chocolate 7 Pot was by far… leaps and bounds ahead of any other chile I have tasted. I am still in disbelief and keeping myself from getting too excited because it really seems too good to be true. This diminutive little chile was maybe 1.25 inches long with medium brown wrinkled skin. When I opened the package from Jacob this pepper looked a little green still near the tip or maybe already turning bad as it was a little soft. It was hard to tell from the outside. It sat in the fridge for a week and not wanting them to go bad, I forced myself to try several of them tonight. It looked pretty much the same as when I got it. Still a little soft and the discoloration at the tip was unusual… but I have never seen a chocolate ripen so I can imagine that this coloration could be normal. I was still unsure when I sliced it open but once I saw the nice white looking seeds I knew the little guy was ok. No burst of aroma like from the 7SR but when I smelled it up close, it was sweet and very very fruity. Low seed count and lots of placenta on the walls of the chile and around the seed cluster. It looked just as scary as a typical 7 Pot, just smaller. I cut small ¼ piece of the chile and took a small taste. Instantly I tasted a strong (not subtle, not faint, really very strong) ripe banana flavor. I was still trying to figure out if it really could taste that good when the heat hit. Bam! Just like all the other 7 Pot’s straight to the back of the throat. This was extremely hot although the Yellow 7 Pot seemed a hair hotter (that pod was also 4 times bigger) but they were very close. So I ad to try another piece to make sure I was not imagining the banana flavor. Second piece was harder to taste as I was already numb but then it broke through for a few seconds yep delicious ripe bananaish flavor. Ok so has anyone else tried one of these? The last few people to review a Douglah have said the taste is not that great. Thanks to Judy I know the chocolate 7 is a different chile so has anybody else tried one of these and had a similar flavor experience? Jacob have you tried these? What did you think. The only other possibility I can think of is that the chile was basically overripe and a lot off the starches converted to sugars (does that actually happen? It is just a guess.) and presto an almost spoiled but incredibly tasty chile. I don’t think this is the case. The seeds were perfect only a few were dark and there was not even a hint of spoiled or bad flavor. It was pure amazing. Ok please let me know what you think and Jacob Great job once again. If the chiles I grow next year from this seed taste the same way this would be my absolute favorite chile so far. Although being so flavorful, it would not be good for everything. Sorry about the huge pics below, I resized them on photobucket but they are still showing up huge.
