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From the origin of these spicy fruits in South America to the future of chiles and beyond.
The Pepper Guru Blog is your ultimate guide to the world of peppers.
Whether it’s busting pepper myths, exploring the latest Capsicum science or cooking the hottest dishes, you can read about it here.
The Devil’s Pepper: The Original Sin of Superhot Renames
Superhot peppers trace their fire to Trinidad’s ancient ají, later renamed the Devil’s Pepper and carried across the seas. This was not the first journey, but one clear chapter we can point to. From that blazing lineage rose the Scorpion, Moruga, and 7 Pot, while distant flames like the Naga burned their own ancient path. One fiery seed, many names, and an endless inferno.
Locopica | Capsicum arachnoideum Demystified
Capsicum arachnoideum was long thought a rare Bolivian wild pepper—until I traced it to natural hybrids in Samaipata compost piles. Crosses between Locoto (C. pubescens) and wild Ulupica (C. eshbaughii), pollinated by local emerald sweat bees, created these “spider-like” plants. Never a lost species, just nature’s boundary-crossing. Proposing “Locopica” for Bolivia’s hybrid legacy. Full discovery inside!
Ají Charapita: Debunked, Not Diminished
In 2014, I found Ají Charapita for pennies in Peru. By 2016, Erich Stekovics called it the world’s priciest pepper at $25K. Here’s the real story—debunked, yet undimmed.
Capsicum eshbaughii | Ulupica’s Fight for Survival In Bolivia
In the remote landscapes of Bolivia, I have rediscovered an endangered pepper species. The elusive Capsicum eshbaughii.