About
Brian is a New England transplant currently living in South Carolina building a farm with his partner, Catherine. 42 Farm is home to both Articulate Equestrian, Catherine’s horse businesses, and Brian’s pepper garden and business, Bold Flavours.
Brian has always been a fan of spicy food from the time he was a baby eating jalapeno peppers. He started growing peppers in 2023, his second year in the Carolina’s. It began with 4 plants, where as in 2024 he is now tending to 100+ plants across a number of varieties.
Brian started Bold Flavours in 2024 to share his new found appreciate for peppers and gardening with others. Currently offering fresh organic pods, while working towards providing personally curated pepper flakes, powders, and seeds.
Have you ever wanted to make your own hot sauce, try your hand at eating fresh peppers and see where your tolerance is at, or just want to add a bit of spice to your food without having to spend time tending to a garden? You’re in the right place.
Own your flavour.
Understanding “Heat”
Capsaicin is the chemical within peppers that make them spicy. Up until 2006, the Habanero was the hottest pepper in the world. It was dethroned by the Ghost Pepper (Bhut Jolokia), and since there has been the Carolina Reaper and now the new Pepper X.
For the majority of people eating fresh peppers, a Serrano will be more heat than necessary. For those who enjoy spicy food, a fresh Habanero is plenty. Then there’s spice heads and those of us who aren’t as smart as we look, that’s where the super hots come in. The way I see it, anything beyond a Habanero is considered a super hot, though I think there needs to be a super-super hot category now.
Peppers in the Garden - 2024
In 2024 we expanded our initial year’s small batch to a pepper garden of over 100 plants across 15+ varieties. Each plant meticulously cared for with attention given to every single plant multiple times a day.
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Estimated SHU: ~1,200,000 - 1,9000,000
Origin: Naga Morich x Trinidad 7 Pot.
Seed Source: https://www.mattspeppers.com/
Appearance: Red, wrinkly, with a bulbous top and a tail.
Flavour: Fruity and floral with an extreme and intense heat.
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Estimated SHU: ~700,000 - 800,000
Origin: White Ghost Pepper x Ghost Jami Yaki
Seed Source: https://www.mattspeppers.com/
Appearance: Crinkled, light green and purple changing to a white milky color.
Taste: Very floral with an extreme heat that dissipates somewhat quickly.
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Estimated SHU: 100,000-300,000
Plant Source: Big box hardware
Appearance: Orange, about 1-2" long, a bit more round.
Flavor: Fruity, citrusy, with a good heat.
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Estimated SHU: 30,000-300,000 (??)
Origin: Habanero x Cayenne accidental cross
Seed Source: Bold Flavour's
Appearance: Cayenne like appearance, 3-5" long, skinny, turns red.
Flavor: Tastes like a cayenne, a sharper heat that isn't too intense.
Additional Info: This is an accidental cross from my garden last year. These were grown from seeds from a habanero that I grew, but it seems that it was accidentally crossed with a cayenne. I'm extremely curious and excited to see how this variety propagates in future generations.
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Estimated SHU: ~0 - 500
Alternative Names: Banana Chili, Yellow Wax Pepper
Plant Source: Bix box hardware store
Appearance: 3-4" long, yellowish-green waxy outside.
Flavor: Extremely mild heat, slight sweetness with a tang.
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Estimated SHU: ~300,000 - 1,000,000
Origin: Bhut Joloka x Pimenta De Neyde (Joker Chili in the UK)
Seed Source: https://www.whitehotpeppers.com/
Appearance: Bumpy and crinkly, starts dark purple and then ripens to a gorgeous mottled black/purple/orange/red.
Flavor: Fruity with extreme heat.
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Estimated SHU: ~1,000,000
Origin: Pimenta Moranga x ???
Seed Source: https://www.mattspeppers.com/
Appearance: Wrinkly green/purple, ripening to a purple/red.
Flavor:
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Estimated SHU: ~50,000 - 100,000 (??)
Origin: Matts Peppers
Seed Source: https://www.mattspeppers.com/
Appearance: Different appearance depending on the plant. Mostly round, small/medium balls, often with corking. Starting a dark olive green with a slight purple, ripening to red with a more floral lighter green.
Flavor:
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Estimated SHU: ~2,000 - 10,000
Origin: Jalapeño x Oda
Seed Source: https://www.mattspeppers.com/
Appearance: 2-3" long, elongated round, very much like a jalapeño. Starts a gorgeous purple and light green, ripening to red.
Flavor: Very juicy, flavor somewhat similar to a jalapeño, a good heat, a bit more than your normal jalapeño.
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Estimated SHU: ~1,300,000
Plant Source: ???? (grown from seed, but didn't buy any seeds close to this variety/phenotype)
Appearance: About 3" long, bumpy and stereotypical scorpion look. Ripens to a peach or peach/orange color.
Flavor: Slight fruity, extremely spicy.
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Estimated SHU: ~1,000,000+
Origin: Fadda's Peppers - unknown parents
Seed Source: https://www.whitehotpeppers.com/
Appearance: 2-3" long, wrinkly, starts a very pale light green and purple, ripening to red.
Flavor: Extremely spicy without much other flavour. Much spicier than expected.
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Estimated SHU: ~200,000 - 500,000
Origin: ?? These are definitely not Purple Pumpkins
Seed Source: https://www.superhotchiles.com/
Appearance: 2-4" long, thickness between a cayenne and jalapeño.
Flavor:
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Estimated SHU: ~15,000 - 45,000
Origin:
Appearance: Plant is a gorgeous variegated white/purple/green, with slightly odd shaped small pods, .5-1" long, starting purple and ripening to a bright red.
Flavor: Good heat but not super intense. More of an ornamental plant. Better as flakes or powders than as fresh pods.
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Estimated SHU: ~10,000 - 25,000
Seed Source: https://www.whitehotpeppers.com/
Appearance: 2-3" long, green, ripening to a dark green and then red.
Flavor: Somewhat earthy and grassy, slightly bitter with a delicious heat
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Estimated SHU: ~25,000 - 50,000
Origin: Sugar Rush Peach mutation
Seed Source: https://www.mattspeppers.com/
Appearance: 2-5" long, somewhat wrinkly with some bumps, starting light green and ripening to a luscious orange with red stripes.
Flavor: Fruity and sweet, slightly floral, with a very satisfying crispness.
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Estimated SHU: ~500,000 - 1,000,000
Origin: Jay's Red Ghost Scorpion x Pink Tiger
Seed Source:https://www.mattspeppers.com/
Appearance: 2-3" long, started as dark purple and changing to a lighter purple with a cream white tinge.
Flavor:
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Estimated SHU: 300,000 - 600,000
Origin: Unknown - by Rebecca Johnston and Trevor Griffiths
Seed Source: https://www.whitehotpeppers.com/
Appearance: Looks like a lightning bolt! Started dark purple, ripening to a mottled purple/orangeish. Somewhat crinkly, 2-3" long.
Flavor: Strong heat, somewhat fruity and sweet.
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Estimated SHU: ~30,000 - 60,000
Origin: Jeronimo Hernandez - found in central Mexico
Appearance: ~.5" long, small, yellow
Flavor: Light and fruity with a decent heat, filled with flavor.
