Jay's Pink Reaper Lemon
Also known as Jay's x Pink x Reaper Lemon · Jay's Pink Lemon Reaper · Jay's x Pink Tiger x Reaper Lemon · Jays X Pink X Reaper Lemon
A dark-foliage Capsicum chinense superhot bred in Italy by Marco Sanna from Jay’s Peach Ghost Scorpion, Pink Tiger, and Reaper Lemon. Pods start purple and green and ripen to creamy white or pale peach, often with a Reaper-style tail. Heat is untested in a lab; specialty catalogs place it roughly between 800,000 and 1.5 million SHU.
Flavor & Use
Clean, fruity Capsicum chinense flavor with citrus and lemon undertones and a hint of sweetness before a hard superhot burn.
Culinary
About
Jay's Pink Reaper Lemon is a three-way Capsicum chinense cross created by Italian grower Marco Sanna from Jay’s Peach Ghost Scorpion, Pink Tiger, and Reaper Lemon (Lemon Reaper). Tall plants with dark, anthocyanin-heavy foliage are described as productive. Pods start purple and green, often carry purple streaks through ripening, and finish creamy white or pale peach; they are wrinkled and frequently tailed. Specialty catalogs estimate 800,000 to 1,500,000+ SHU, with no published lab test, and most sellers still flag the filial generation as uncertain. Flavor is a clean, fruity chinense profile with citrus and lemon undertones. Best for collectors and pale superhot sauces rather than everyday cooking.
Backstory
Italian grower Marco Sanna combined Jay Weaver’s Pennsylvania Peach Ghost Scorpion (Ghost × Trinidad Scorpion), the Italian Pink Tiger (Bhut Jolokia × Pimenta da Neyde), and Reaper Lemon — Carlo Martini’s Lemon Reaper (Aji Lemon × Carolina Reaper), not a yellow-fruited Carolina Reaper. Seeds reached U.S. and European specialty catalogs around 2023 under names such as Jay's x Pink x Reaper Lemon; Tyler Farms lists it under this exact name. Lots are commonly non-isolated and the line is still treated as unstable.