One farmer, one field, one batch of extra special chile. This year we purchased an entire field of the hottest chile grown in New Mexico, the small and spicy Lumbre variety. Morrow farms was our grower for this batch in Las Uvas Valley, NM. After harvest we ran them through our flame roasters, delicately peeled and chopped each pepper, and packaged them immediately into our 16oz jar.

At over 2500 SHU this is definitely the hottest New Mexico chile product on the market that hasn’t been artificially heated up with capsicum extracts. At Los Roast, we take extra care in sourcing varieties with naturally occurring heat as we believe that New Mexico chile has a slowly building inner warmth, while other peppers are much more forward and aggressive with their heat profile.

However Lumbre also has amazing flavor, it is complex and buttery, with a umami profile and with its slowly building heat, it allows you to taste it before the spice kicks in! This product has been a long time coming, we are happy to offer it exclusively online and to small independent retailers.

Miles Toland helped out with the wicked label artwork. More of his work at milestoland.com