Looking for a tasty hot pepper without the citrus flavor

[Donatello62]

Looking for a tasty hot pepper without the citrus flavor. I've been trying to find a certain post I read last summer. Someone had a great list of peppers and their flavor/heat. I wish I had saved it. Can someone help a noob out?

 

[romy6]

Chocolate hab, chocolate bhut, chocolate 7. Get the theme. Too me most superhot reds and yellow have a citrus flavor .

 

[Avon Barksdale]

Most chinenses and a lot of baccatums have a citrus flavor imo. So maybe chiltepin/pequin, chile de arbol, cayenne, tobasco, malagueta, piri piri, mirasol, super chili? They have a more earthy flavor.

I agree with Romy too, the chinenses he listed don't really have a citrus flavor.

 

[Cerberus]

Douglah.

 

[Donatello62]

Thanks guys, ya'll gave me something to work with!

 

[harry]

I haven't detected any citrus tones in the up to 2 cm long jelly bean shaped Peruvian White.

 

[stickman]

If you don't like the superhots you could try the peppers used for Mole sauces... anaheims, poblanos, pasillas, etc.

 

[POTAWIE]

Try using purple, brown, or white C. chinense varieties rather than red, yellow and orange

 

[LanMan]

I'll second the Chocolate Habanero. One of my favorites.

 

[Hammerfall]

go with C annuum like Cayenne, tabasco, bird's eye, jalapeno,
you might also want to try some Bishop's crown for a very nice and different flavor! (but not too much heat in there)

 

[mrz1988]

+1 on the annuums. I find that they don't have the same citrusy flavor that the chinense and baccatum varieties have. They tend to have a more... I dunno 'peppery' flavor haha. Also +1 on the chocolate chinense varieties. They have a unique flavor that a lot describe as earthy.

 

[AlabamaJack]

of all the annuums listed, I think the superchili rates hottest or maybe a birds eye....I know the super-chili rates about 80K SHUs and is very prolific...it is one of my standards...I grow it year in and year out...

 

[Pr0digal_son]

+1 on the super chili... They are sneaky hot,grow good in containers or ground and don't take up a ton of space. Another Annuum I grew was hot Portugal. They aren't super hot but they are very tasty.

 

[Hammerfall]

cayenne ring of fire is very nice!

 

[harry]

I've been trying to find a certain post I read last summer. Someone had a great list of peppers and their flavor/heat. I wish I had saved it. Can someone help a noob out?

I found some of the older threads on flavour in my watched topics list:

• Peppers with unique flavors
• Tastyest chili pod
• Peppers with unique flavors
• What are the most citrus like tasting peppers?

I found more via an advanced search for any of the keywords taste, tastiest or flavor in topic titles under Hot Peppers.

 

[Eephus Man]

Thai hots come to mind. Also Manzano/Rocotos. Since you specifically mentioned "citrus", they are not. However, they do have some sweet to them. Plenty hot, though.