Habanero chili: hot, sweet, and numerous varieties

imelda echavarriaMarch 10, 2021

Dark secret inside: meet the Rocoto pepper

Don’t let the Rocoto pepper's beautiful scarlet-red look fool you! Underneath you’ll find that the chili has some big surprises for you… Read on to discover the Rocoto's dark secret!

imelda echavarriaJanuary 21, 2021

Criollo chili pepper, the backbone of the best Ecuadorian hot sauces

Did you know that the Criollo pepper is the most used pepper in Ecuadorian cooking? It comes as no surprise that the chili is also a key ingredient for any tasty hot sauce!

imelda echavarriaDecember 22, 2020

Wiri wiri, one of our new, best, hot peppers!

imelda echavarriaNovember 11, 2020

From Root to Fruit, We Are Uchu!

imelda echavarriaSeptember 1, 2020

From Seed to Seedling, From Farmers to Harvest, From Us to You!

imelda echavarriaJuly 28, 2020

Pepper of the Week: Charapita

imelda echavarriaJuly 16, 2020

Are Habanero and Scotch Bonnet the same thing? Close, but not quite.

Close, but not quite the same; The Habanero and Scotch bonnet peppers. Both chilis belong to the Capsicum Chinense species, but there are some interesting differences too!

imelda echavarriaJune 28, 2020