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EvilGrin
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The Gochu plants came from chileplants.com. They only had one variety. I sun dried them all. Mine were absolutely hotter than the Assi brand flakes. No doubt about it.

If seeds are ok look at Kitazawa. Get Lady Hermit or Lady Choi. They should be a heirloom from Korea. Im pretty sure the Lady Choi is the milder of the two. Lady Hermit comes from Sunchang which is famous for making pepper paste.
http://www.kitazawaseed.com/seeds_hot_pepper.html

The yellow and orange peppers in the pic are Aji Lemon Drop and Aji Cito from Peru. They are much hotter than Korean peppers. Really nice citrus flavor though. Just a little hotter than a serrano although the citos can get pretty hot occasionally.