“Smoked chili powder, smoked paprika powder - it reads so unspectacular. But spice up your dishes with it! And pay attention to your tongue and palate when you eat! That‘s right, they‘ll dance for joy (or burst into flames) because they‘ve never experienced such a flavor explosion before.”

Neither did we, until we set out on a momentous Hungarian vacation a few years ago. As hobby gardeners and confirmed “chili junkies“, we had already experimented a lot with the hot pods in our home garden and tried our hand at growing different chili fruits. It was a matter of honor that we now visited the Puszta in Hungary, the legendary steppe land of the Magyars. Agriculture there is focused on the national spice. If peppers grow so well here, we thought, surely our beloved chilies must also thrive?

Today we know: they do! In Hungary, personally selected farmers grow chili and paprika for “Puszta Peppers“. And we don‘t just inspect regularly, we stand in the field with them. So that we can proudly say: Our shoots are all hand-grown, pricked, set out and finally harvested. In our production hall in Upper Bavaria, we now process over 70,000 bell pepper and chili plants per year.

The fruits are dried, cut into tiny pieces and smoked in a specially constructed smoker. We also make the smoking agents ourselves from purely natural ingredients. In this way, we ensure that peppers and chili take on their unmistakable aroma in the smoke from natural woods and fruits. The result: the unmistakable “Puszta Peppers“- delicious spice creations for an unforgettable taste experience.