This is a pepper that everybody raves about. it's got such a good reputation, so I'm excited to try it
Let's get out to my greenhouse and go pick a couple so we can bring it back and finally taste it
The Lemon Drop is a truly pretty pepper. Just look at that that vibrant yellow. I don't think I've ever seen a pepper. That is
that yellow and
That bright. I mean it is really lovely. So just on looks alone. It is a pepper
I really want to grow again next year, but of course, I've heard how good these taste so I am looking forward to tasting it
you can see the leaves are
About a medium sort of size. They're quite rough and
the peppers themselves are
not large, but this plant is quite abundant we can see here there's
Quite a few hanging off here. So we're gonna pick a couple and give them a try
So there is the lemon drops we just picked and
they really are a very very pretty pepper bright yellow and
Yeah, I
Am quite excited to give it a try. So first things first, let's cut it down the middle and have a look inside
So that's interesting we've got some
Black seeds. I'm really seen that before. I'm not sure what's happening there. I could smell the
Typical sweet "Baccatum" type smells that you normally get you could see the the meat isn't too thick
It's about a medium thickness. I
Don't think you'd be stuffing these peppers at all, but
Depending on the taste. I'm sure that like other baccatums they're gonna be quite sweet. So let's give this a try
I'm going to eat a half of a lemon drop just so we get a full a
full flavor profile of this with a bit of heat and
Sweetness and see what it's like. Yeah. It smells
very much like the Aji Pineapple and Aji Mango very similar smell but
Time to give it a bit of a taste and see what we think
It's it's got little bit of heat it's a weird weird sort of heat I
know
People might not want to hear this. I'm not a big fan of the baccatums
I don't mind them they - they're nice. They're different
but for me, I
Like some of the more traditional peppers and that there is it is sweet
It tastes very similar to a lot of the other baccatums that I've had
It's a pretty pepper and
For that purpose alone. I'll probably grow it
and so if I was gonna choose a baccatum, this is probably the one I'd go for the
Heat it's it's difficult to describe if you haven't had a baccatum before it is
It's very sharp heat doesn't linger very very long I'll guess the Scoville will be around about
Up to ten thousand maybe it's not ridiculous amount of heat. I mean the heat is still there. It hasn't yet gone
That's not unbearable and it does make your mouth water
It's not it's not bad it's not terrible
I was hoping I was gonna love it a lot more based on what everybody keeps saying about it
But I think that's probably because a lot of people when they have a lemon drop, it's probably their first baccatum
They've had and it is quite unique is very different to a thing like a Cayenne or Piri Piri
or some of the other traditional type peppers - habanero
Yeah, it's alright, yeah, I wish I liked it more I honestly do but
Yeah, it's not going on my top ten list
surprise surprise
the lemon drops
Now I believe Shaun's already - already just done this and of course, I'll get roped into doing the same thing
Thanks. Thanks for that. Appreciate it if you want to see what a sucker for punishment looks like this is it
It's interesting not gonna lie
Here quite there we go. There's the hiccups soon as that starts, you know, it's it's a bit of heat into it
Quite a nice flavor when it starts with excuse me when it starts and then the heat comes in and then I just can't taste anything
Fairly sweet very sweet tasting again. This is in at the start and
Which is quite good it's quite nice it's quite a sharp burn though not a very gradual one there [Shaun: not a massive fan of that one.]
No, it's it's it's quite
There I would think in the middle of your mouth how well that I would imagine probably the best way to describe it
Anyway, that is the Lemon Drop not a not a terrible pepper. I mean, it's not it's not bad by any means
Remember, I'm growing about 80 varieties
So I have to be a little bit picky about what I like what I don't like
And I'm gonna be honest with you guys as well
It's not a bad pepper. It's just not gonna be one of my favorites
Anyway, thank you so much for watching. I hope that you enjoyed the video and until the next time stay spicy