Tabasco Pepper Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Tabasco Pepper (Capsicum frutescens) is a shrubby perennial, grown as an annual in temperate climates, of the nightshade family, Solanaceae, native to Central and South America and the cultivar behind the famous Louisiana hot sauce. It forms a woody-based bush 1 to 2 meters tall with oval, smooth leaves and small greenish-white flowers that point upward. The fruit stands erect above the foliage, 2 to 4 cm long, slender and tapering, ripening from pale yellow-green through orange to bright red, and is unusually juicy inside and fiercely hot. We extract the dried fruit.