GC3PJHN Estrek’s tribute to chili peppers - Chiltepin (Traditional Cache) in Colorado, United States created by estrek

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A cache by estrek Message this owner

Hidden : 6/30/2012

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Size: Size: small (small)

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The Chiltepin is native to northern South America and southern North America. Tepin is derived from a Nahuatl word meaning "flea". Tepin peppers, "turkey" or "bird’s eye" or simply "bird" peppers (due to their consumption and spread by wild birds), are extremely hot, measuring between 50,000 and 100,000 Scoville Units.

In Mexico, the heat of the Chiltepin is called arrebatado ("rapid" or "violent"), because, while the heat is intense, it is not very enduring. This stands in contrast to the Chile Pequin, which is the same size as the Chiltepin but is oval-shaped, and delivers a decidedly different experience.

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