Description

With a heat level between the Jalapeño and Habanero, this pepper is perfect to use as a powder, flakes, roasted, or fresh. These Cayenne Peppers give off a pungent, peppery, and slightly sweet aroma along with hot flavor while also providing a variety of herbal benefits. A hot, zesty, and pungent organic pepper that is six inches long and one-half of an inch wide, don’t let the size fool you. These kids pack a punch that will put a zing in any dish. Use them to make a sauce. Dry them and ground them as a peppering spice. These peppers have a heat rating of about 30,000 to 50,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU). Try making an immunity-boosting tea. Stir lemon, turmeric, and ginger and mix until reaching a light boil. Then add honey along with a pinch of ground cayenne for a soothing natural remedy.

These peppers contain, among others, the vitamins A, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, C, E, and K and the minerals phosphorus, iron, potassium, copper, manganese, and magnesium. They also contain many antioxidants such as alpha carotene, beta carotene, cryptoxanthins, lutein, and zeaxanthin.