Aji Melocoton
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Description
A vibrant, fudge coloured baccatum, with a taste of the tropics.
This one was quite a late bloomer for me, with flowers only starting to open up near the end of July. This wasn't ideal for our UK growing conditions, but it was well worth the wait.
Crunching down on this pepper was a unique experience for it being a C. baccatum cultivar. It almost had the essence of a chinense pepper, with oils coating inside the placenta, but that classic tropical baccatum aroma. The taste was decent, fruity but also tart like apple skin.
The heat level was quite unexpected, causing hiccups, but soon died off.
This pepper originates from Peru, with its name translating from Spanish to "peach pepper".