It is the first time I'm having purple tiger and it fits all the specs (purple small shaped, multicolored leaves,..) but I don't know about the heat level though. I have seen some catalogues giving it heat level 6 - as a newbie I would have to be on my guards than but it doesn't do me that much really. It has very nice flavour and it's like having gentle strokes with a very thin sharp knive on my tongue but nothing too bad. Will it get 'the punch' when it is in it's red state ? it is currently still purple..