Cappuccino Habanero
Also known as Habanero Cappuccino · Cappuccino Chili
Cappuccino Habanero is a rare brown-fruited habanero (Capsicum chinense), sold as a color form rather than a named cross. Pods ripen from lime green to a cappuccino or reddish-brown crumpled lantern about 4 cm long.
About 12 times a Capsi Jalapeño (25,086 SHU typical).
Growing
~90 days to maturity
Fruit size
4–5 cm
Flavor & Use
Chinense flavor with a little fruit, sometimes a slight bitter note, and a crunchy thick wall. Heat builds after the first bite.
Culinary
About
Ripe fruit is a crumpled lantern, about 4 cm long and 4 to 5 cm wide, finishing cappuccino brown to reddish-brown rather than orange. Hippy Seed Company, which has grown and tasted it, describes thick crunchy walls, a chinense flavor with a little fruit, and a hot build. Plants are stocky and heavy cropping, about 60 to 70 cm in a pot and up to about a metre in the ground. The fruit is used in salsas, hot sauces, and marinades. chili-shop24 also lists it for drying into powder. Trade Winds Fruit sells it as open-pollinated.
Backstory
Seed sellers list the origin as unknown. Hippy Seed Company calls it a chinense type from parts unknown, and Trade Winds Fruit carried it as a rare color variant of habanero by 2018. No breeder, release note, or parent line is attached to the name.
Appearance
Growing
Heritage
ExploreNothing reputable documents a pedigree for this pepper.
Sources
FAQ
- How hot is Cappuccino Habanero?
- Capsi’s sourced range is 100,000–800,000 SHU (Vendor Claim). Capsi uses a sourced range and a trust tier, not a single marketing number. How we verify heat: https://web.thecapsi.app/learn/heat-and-capsaicin/how-we-measure-heat
- What does Cappuccino Habanero taste like?
- Chinense flavor with a little fruit, sometimes a slight bitter note, and a crunchy thick wall. Heat builds after the first bite.
- How do I grow Cappuccino Habanero?
- Cappuccino Habanero: about 90 days to maturity, tropical climate, full sun, hardiness zones 9-11.
- What can I substitute for Cappuccino Habanero?
- Red Habanero, Orange Habanero, Scotch Bonnet