Chiles & Heat
Morita Chipotle, Whole
$10 2.8 oz bag
Confident heat
Smoke-dried red jalapeños, plump and leathery, with fig sweetness under the campfire.
Ships flat-rate $6 in the lower 48, or free pickup in the West Bottoms.
From behind the counter
Moritas are jalapeños that stayed on the plant until they blushed red, then met a slow mesquite fire. Ours keep a little give when you squeeze them, which is how you know the fruit is still in there. One pod transforms a pot of beans; two make it famous.
Tastes like
- mesquite smoke
- fig
- leather
- mid-level heat
Put it on
- A pot of pintos
- Adobo for anything
- Chocolate desserts that want an edge
Origin Chihuahua, Mexico
