A workers' cooperative growing food on London's edge in the Lea Valley
Origin: Australia OrganicLea Heat Rating: 4 Cayenne peppers are the herbalists’ favourite. These chillies are 15-25 cm long, thick and sometimes elaborately curled. Believed to have been bred in Italy, they were brought to us by Jonny, an OrganicLea member, …
Origin: Zanzibar OrganicLea Heat Rating: 9 OrganicLea volunteer Toby Jones brought these back from the eponymous fishing village. They are a vibrant orange-red , 4-5 cm long and 3 cm wide. Photo used under Creative Commons license
Origin: Kenya OrganicLea Heat Rating: 7 Supplied by Adam, a fellow member of the Heritage Seed Library, who collected them from just outside a Massai Mara reserve. The chillies are long (6-7 cm), and the plants are tall and elegant, …
