Chile Pepper Fun Fact - Filius Blue Chile Peppers
You're my boy Blue!
One of the most beautiful of both ornamental and edible peppers, the Filius Blue pepper produces beautiful ovoid chillies that start out a deep purple blue color which they remain for a long time before ripening to red. Filius Blue chillies are unusual in that they lose their heat when they ripen.
Filius Blue Peppers are a striking ornamental pepper and an edible variety. Peppers are rated at 30,000-50,000 SHU (Scoville Heat Units). The peppers are at their hottest when they purple-blue (and very hot), becoming milder as they mature to a bright red.
Beyond heat, what do they taste like? Like all ornamentals, you can eat Filius Blue peppers, but also like ornamentals the flavor is bell-peppery, but not overly complex.