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a chili so chill it became the polite face of heat, training wheels with attitude
name originNamed for Xalapa, Mexico's pepper-growing capital
heat range2,500 to 8,000 Scoville units, modest by chili standards
smoked aliasDried and smoked, it becomes the chipotle
space travelerFirst pepper grown in orbit, 1982
stress sweatMore water stress means hotter, scar-streaked pods