Fresh pods are the fastest way to taste a variety, and many growers save seed from them too. This directory scores fresh pepper sellers, from farms to Etsy shops, by what buyers actually received, so the good ones rise to the top.
Vendors
70 Buyers recommend 60 Unproven or mixed 49 Buyers report problems How scores work
Show: Best first | Worst first
| Vendor | Country | Score ▼ | Reports |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dry Fork Micro-Farm Store ↗ | United States | 70 | 1 |
| Pepper's Peppers (Steve Beheler) Store ↗ | United States | 70 | 1 |
| Shogun Peppers | United States | 70 | 1 |
| Bhut & Barrel Pepper Co. | United States | 60 | 0 |
| Chilli Hills Farm Store ↗ | Bulgaria | 60 | 0 |
| Conjured Vaporz Peppers | United States | 60 | 0 |
| Culinary Outlaws (Port Robardey) Store ↗ | United States | 60 | 0 |
| Deathridge's Peppers | United States | 60 | 0 |
| Hoot & Harvest Farm and Nursery | United States | 60 | 0 |
| Jeannie's Chillies Store ↗ | United Kingdom | 60 | 0 |
| Linda's Fiery Treats Store ↗ | United States | 60 | 0 |
| Lone Star Mastiffs (Gary Smith) Store ↗ | United States | 60 | 0 |
| Pandemonic Store ↗ | Poland | 60 | 0 |
| Primo's Peppers (Troy Primo) Store ↗ | United States | 60 | 0 |
| Purcell's Farms Store ↗ | United States | 60 | 0 |
| Retherford's Peppers | United States | 60 | 0 |
| Savage Creek Farm | United States | 60 | 0 |
| Sky High Scoville Pepper Farm | United States | 60 | 0 |
| Società Agricola Valle Lao | Italy | 60 | 0 |
| Stoke the Fire | Canada | 60 | 0 |
| Westlandpeppers Store ↗ | Netherlands | 60 | 0 |
Click a column heading to sort or reverse it. Open a listing to see every report and the calculation behind its score.
Bought pods from one of these vendors? Open their page and report your order. A good report helps a great vendor as much as a bad one warns off the rest.
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How scores work
Every score is simple arithmetic you can check yourself. Every report is on the vendor’s page.
1. Each report earns points
- 100: arrived fresh and true to the variety advertised
- 25: arrived in poor condition
- 15: never arrived
- 0: not the variety that was sold
The wrong variety scores lowest because it’s misrepresentation, and it ruins a batch of sauce or a season of saved seed. A missing order can usually be refunded. Reports where the buyer can’t tell the variety count toward a vendor’s report total but don’t change the score.
2. Every vendor starts at 60
A vendor with no reports starts at 60, counted as if it already had three reports of 60. That keeps a single glowing or angry report from deciding where a vendor stands. As real reports come in, the starting 60 matters less and less.
3. The formula
Score = (60 × 3 + total report points) ÷ (3 + number of scored reports)- No reports: (180 + 0) ÷ 3 = 60
- One great order: (180 + 100) ÷ 4 = 70
- One wrong-variety order: (180 + 0) ÷ 4 = 45
- Ten great orders: (180 + 1,000) ÷ 13 = 91
Scores are rounded to the nearest whole number.
4. Colors
- Green, 70 and up: buyers recommend
- Grey, 50 to 69: not enough reports yet, or mixed
- Red, below 50: buyers report problems
Only a buyer’s most recent report on a vendor counts. Reports are checked for spam and abuse before they appear; they are never removed for being negative. Vendors can respond to any report, and they’re welcome to ask customers to report their orders. Reports must describe a real purchase, and offering discounts or freebies in exchange for reports isn’t allowed. Every vendor, including the ones we listed ourselves, started at the same 60. Looking for seed instead? See the seed vendor directory.
Reports reflect the individual experiences of the buyers who submit them, not findings by Heat & Harvest.