Almapaprika, sweet or hot?

Blueaussi · November 4, 2009

In catalog fondling and on-line garden pr0n browsing, I've noticed several folks list the Almapaprika pepper as a sweet pepper. Even Seed Savers, where I get my seeds lists it as sweet. If you let it ripen to its lovely juicy red state, though, it has nice a bite to it.

Does anyone else grow them? Is there a sweet variety that I'm not aware of, or am I the only person who lets them get ripe? It's a wonderful tasting pepper, and I suppose "sweet heat" could have been transmorphed into sweet, but honestly, if you ever bit into a ripe one, you wouldn't mistake it for sweet.

November 4, 2009	#1
Blueaussi Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: South Carolina Zone 8a Posts: 1,205	Almapaprika, sweet or hot? In catalog fondling and on-line garden pr0n browsing, I've noticed several folks list the Almapaprika pepper as a sweet pepper. Even Seed Savers, where I get my seeds lists it as sweet. If you let it ripen to its lovely juicy red state, though, it has nice a bite to it. Does anyone else grow them? Is there a sweet variety that I'm not aware of, or am I the only person who lets them get ripe? It's a wonderful tasting pepper, and I suppose "sweet heat" could have been transmorphed into sweet, but honestly, if you ever bit into a ripe one, you wouldn't mistake it for sweet.