chinense SAFI RED , HABANERO CARIBBEAN RED , RED SAVINA , WHOS THE BEST ?

moruga welder · Oct 29, 2016

As a lot of my friends know , I'm looking to dial down the heat for next season , considering one or more of the above to grow . For those who have tried and or grown , which in your opinion ranks heat / flavor ? best to least .
thanks,
frank

Plantguy76 · Oct 29, 2016

Hey Frank think I have seeds for the safi red form Justin I could send some along with some of my senegal seed if you want
I am also interested in heat around bonnet to Habanero level

smokemaster · Oct 29, 2016

Safi is one of my favorites.

MeatHead1313 · Oct 29, 2016

Safi is hands down my favourite out of the three. All 3 have great flavour, but there's something good about the Safi that sets it above the others for me. Nice productive plants too.

CAPCOM · Oct 29, 2016

Safi?

Pics or they dont exist.

I am just curious actually. I haven't grow or had them yet.

Bicycle808 · Oct 29, 2016

CAPCOM said:
Safi?

Pics or they dont exist.

I am just curious actually. I haven't grow or had them yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLgModExIlw thought this was a decent review. I haven't tried these yet, but I'm stoked to grow'm.

jcw10tc · Oct 30, 2016

Yeah, Safi red I think might be the tastiest pepper I have tried yet. It beat all the other bonnets I had this year. If I had to pick one, I would grow this before MOA or any of the others. My plant got off to a bad start only about a dozen pods this year but will grow a few plants next year for sure. I am not a big fan of caribbean red, I think they are qutie a bit hotter than the safi, but taste is no where near as good to me.

CAPCOM · Oct 30, 2016

Bicycle808 said:
thought this was a decent review. I haven't tried these yet, but I'm stoked to grow'm.

Do they come in chocolate?

Bicycle808 · Oct 30, 2016

As far as know, Safis are red.

MeatHead1313 · Oct 30, 2016

CAPCOM said:
Do they come in chocolate?

Safi bonnets only come in red as far as I know.

Chewi · Oct 31, 2016

You guys compare me the heat of Savina vs Safi? Only had a few savinas but they were screaming hot iirc!

JoynersHotPeppers · Oct 31, 2016

Chewi said:
You guys compare me the heat of Savina vs Safi? Only had a few savinas but they were screaming hot iirc!

They are HOT, mine this year are pure fire and it had been a few years since I grew them and forget they were around .5 MM on the scale hahah

Chewi · Oct 31, 2016

Thanks man! Guess I ate my memberberries!

Grass Snake · Oct 31, 2016

How is Safi better in flavor?? For some reason I can't hear the audio in the above video. Scotch bonnets taste like habs to me, guess I haven’t acquired a taste yet

RRichter · Oct 31, 2016

Chewi said:
Thanks man! Guess I ate my memberberries!

I member....member the 80's, member the 90's... LOL

ColdSmoke · Oct 31, 2016

Grass Snake said:
How is Safi better in flavor?? For some reason I can't hear the audio in the above video. Scotch bonnets taste like habs to me, guess I haven’t acquired a taste yet

they all taste the same to me too

Plantguy76 · Oct 31, 2016

Well scotch bonnets don't taste like habanero's to me since the time I was a noob to pepper growing.
If they did I wouldn't be here now it was a scotch bonnet that started my addiction an a Habanero that almost ended it just out of the gate but hey taste is a very subjective thing

Chewi · Nov 1, 2016

RRichter said:
I member....member the 80's, member the 90's... LOL

ColdSmoke · Nov 1, 2016

member when Tabasco was like the only hot sauce?

Bicycle808 · Nov 1, 2016

Plantguy76 said:
Well scotch bonnets don't taste like habanero's to me since the time I was a noob to pepper growing.
If they did I wouldn't be here now it was a scotch bonnet that started my addiction an a Habanero that almost ended it just out of the gate but hey taste is a very subjective thing

I agree that taste is subjective....

I think that, with any 2 things, you can play it like a third-grade writing assignment and compare/contrast. There are a lot of similarities between the flavor of Habs and SBs. But, there are also a lot f differences. Depending on a number of factors, some folks are bound to focus on the similarities, while others will be more concerned with the differences.

Personally, I love Habs, but there's something friggin' magical about a good bonnet. Just an aspect of the flavor profile that, personally, i cannot ID for sure, but I know it's there. The thing is, I can't argue against someone who says they all taste the same, nor would i disagree with someone who says they're totally different. It's pretty subjective. But, I can tell a Bonnet from a Hab just from smelling a freshly-sliced pod. Whatever it is that I cannot describe, i can definitely discern it.