Kitchen Pepper
Tequila Sunrise brings golden-orange colour and crisp pepper flavour to salads, slaws and quick pan-fried dishes. The tapered, carrot-shaped fruit makes a colourful addition to the kitchen garden.
CASA VERDE · HEAT PROFILE
Mild
- Sweet
- Mild — this variety
- Medium
- Hot
- Super hot
Scoville range awaiting confirmation.
Understanding the heat
A diamond marks the midpoint of a listed range, or the listed value when only one number is given. An arrow marks a stated limit. These are variety guides, not measurements of our seed lot. This guide uses unequal numerical bands: sweet 0; mild up to 10,000; medium 10,000–50,000; hot 50,000–800,000; super hot from 800,000 SHU (display capped at 3 million). Heat varies between fruits and with growing conditions.
No numeric marker is shown without a sufficiently clear range. For bundles, the highlighted categories refer to the different varieties.
A Scoville range has not been listed for this variety.
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- Packet
- 10 seeds per packet
- Season
- 2026
FROM GARDEN TO KITCHEN
Tequila Sunrise, from seed to supper.
Bring golden-orange colour to slaws, quick skillets and simple lunchtime toasts.
01 / SLICE INTO SLAW
Colour and crunch in every forkful.
Thinly slice the peppers and toss with green and purple cabbage. Dress lightly with vinegar and olive oil, then adjust seasoning to taste.
02 / SAUTÉ WITH WHITE BEANS
A colourful one-pan lunch.
Sauté pepper strips and sliced onion until tender and lightly browned. Fold in cooked white beans and warm through for a quick, satisfying skillet.
03 / TOP A HUMMUS TOAST
Fresh peppers over creamy hummus.
Spread hummus on toasted sourdough and add thin pepper rings or strips. A simple way to enjoy the ripe fruit’s colour and fresh crunch.
AI-generated culinary illustrations. Serving inspiration, not photographs of our harvest. Select a photo to enlarge.
CASA VERDE · GROWER’S NOTES
Get to know your pepper.
Golden-orange cooking pepper · 10 seeds per packet
Tequila Sunrise pepper seeds
Tequila Sunrise brings golden-orange colour and crisp pepper flavour to salads, slaws and quick pan-fried dishes. The tapered, carrot-shaped fruit makes a colourful addition to the kitchen garden.
At a glance
Crop
Capsicum annuum
Fruit
Carrot-shaped; ripens orange
Kitchen role
Fresh eating and frying
Packet
10 seeds
Why grow it?
Choose it for crunchy slices and bright colour. Casa Verde’s earlier growing note praised the colour and flavour; this is a grower impression, not a measured yield or heat result.
In the kitchen
- Serve fresh: Slice into salads or slaw, or serve strips with a dip.
- Pan-fry: Cook strips in a little oil until tender, then add to rice or sandwiches.
- Roast: Roast with other vegetables and finish with lemon or vinegar.
Growing and harvesting
- Start indoors: Provide warm seed-starting conditions and bright light after emergence.
- Transplant: Harden plants off and wait until frost risk has passed and the soil and nights are warm.
- Site: Choose full sun, well-drained soil and steady moisture.
- Harvest: Pick firm fruit at a useful size. Allow fruit to turn golden-orange for the ripe stage; cool weather can delay colour development.
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Is Tequila Sunrise medium-hot?
Seed Savers Exchange describes Tequila Sunrise as sweet, with a mildly peppery flavour. Casa Verde currently groups this lot under Mild; a precise Scoville range has not been verified.
How long does it take?
Seed Savers Exchange lists 60–78 days from transplant for its selection. Use this as a cultivar reference, not a guaranteed harvest date in your garden.
Can it grow in a container?
Use a sunny location, a container with drainage and consistent watering. Plant size and harvest depend on the growing conditions.
Seed note: the cultivar reference does not verify this lot’s supplier or exact heat. The packet contains 10 seeds.
Cook your harvest
Use your harvest in these recipes. Check the variety notes and substitutions in each recipe.
Start indoors 8–10 weeks before last frost. Germinate at 26–30 °C on a heat mat; peppers stall below 22 °C. Pot up to 10–15 cm before hardening off outside after nights stay above 12 °C.
Feed balanced through bloom, then bump potassium for fruiting. Stake taller varieties. More detail in our full Canadian growing guide.
Match the pepper to the technique: thin-walled varieties blister fast in a hot pan; thick-walled ones roast or stuff beautifully; fruit-forward ones make balanced sauces and pickles. The variety's flavour profile is your shortcut — see Choosing the right pepper for a use-case guide.
