2022 has been an odd year. Many of the plants had full fruits, but wouldn’t go to ripe until very late in the season. Thus many of the sauces are made with all or some green (not fully ripened) peppers.
Death Spirals did well, as did the Ají Limón (Lemon Drop) plants.
Chilhuacles did pretty well, but had the same general issue with pushing ripeness through to full color. A few of them turned to the full rich brown color and looked great.
Ají Mango was a new variety – looked promising, produced a lot of fruit, but – you guessed it – couldn’t get to that beautiful mango orange color.
The Total Eclipse Space Chiles were definitely interesting, but the plants weren’t the most stable structure-wise.
Ají Benito was a nice little red gem, pretty productive.
Cochiti Pueblo pepper plants were really weak and low producing.
For next year, I think I’ll simplify and go with Ají Limón, Death Spiral (or similar), a Red one, and one or two more varieties.
Full chile pepper variety descriptions here