Crisp, sweet and substantial with no sharp heat.
The Living Pantry
Peppers · Seed collection · grown in Costa RicaCalifornia Wonder Pepper
Crisp, sweet and substantial with no sharp heat.
Botanical identityCapsicum annuum
Current statusCaged Tower Garden Flex · seed collection
Heat languageNo capsaicin · 0 SHU
Sensory Lens
Not a flavor box. A living profile.
Choose a dimension. The instrument isolates one part of the plant’s character without reducing the whole ingredient to a single number.
California Wonder Pepper
Aroma / 78
The living fruit begins with floral and fruit aromatics.
Brightness / 86
Natural acidity creates energy and a sense of origin.
Depth / 74
Sweetness and later development move from the fruit outward.
Heat / 8
Its intensity comes from aroma and acidity—not capsaicin.
Crisp, sweet and substantial with no sharp heat.
Crisp, sweet and substantial with no sharp heat.
Crisp, sweet and substantial with no sharp heat.
Capsicum annuum
Taste, Culture & Use
A plant arrives with a past. We give it a new setting.
Studied fresh, roasted, dried and in small-batch sauce development.
- Cultural route
- Seed collection · grown in Costa Rica
- Grown here
- Hydroponically in Costa Rica
Inside the Tower
Flavor begins below the leaf.
Caged Tower Garden Flex · seed collection
From plant to possibility
Seed
A small beginning, selected for the flavor and behavior we want to study.
From plant to possibility
Root
The plant establishes in its grow cup while water, oxygen and mineral nutrition circulate below.
From plant to possibility
Tower
Vertical growing puts the plant in tropical light without pretending this is a field or conventional farm.
From plant to possibility
Harvest
Leaves or fruit are selected when aroma, color and structure are ready—not simply when the calendar says so.
From plant to possibility
Kitchen
Fresh, dried, infused or composed: the final use is chosen to protect what made the plant distinctive.
Studied fresh, roasted, dried and in small-batch sauce development.
This living entry is ready for original photographs, film and observations as the garden develops.