Olho de Peixe White

Description

Olho de Peixe White (C. chinense) is a pale selection of a pepper with real cultural weight behind it. The traditional Olho de Peixe — “fish eye” — is listed in Slow Food’s Ark of Taste as an Amazon Basin pepper grown by Indigenous peoples and riverine family farmers, and the white form is associated with the Wapixana, Macuxi and Patamona peoples of Roraima in northern Brazil.

The pods are tiny and perfectly spherical, about 1 cm across, pointing upwards on the plant and ripening from light green to a clean white-cream instead of the traditional form’s reddish brown. The flavour is intensely fruity and the heat is immediate rather than creeping — this is a properly hot little pepper, reported in the 30,000–100,000 SHU region, and the traditional form is prized in Brazil for exactly that combination of aroma and bite.

The plant is indeterminate and gets tall — up to 180 cm given a long enough season — and keeps producing. Growers of the traditional type report well over a hundred fruits per harvest and up to three harvests a year in warm climates. Around 120 days to maturity, so start it early.

Used fresh or dried on meat and fish, in sauces and in preserves, in the way these little Amazonian peppers have always been used.

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Each pack contains approximately 8–10 or more seeds per variety.
Seeds are packaged in a certified EU seed packaging facility in accordance with applicable regulations.

Categories: Seeds , Chili Seeds , C. chinense , Hot , Bonsai , Easy to grow