Pronounced "poo-yuh". The puya chile is also sometimes referred to as “pulla”. A member of the C.annum species the puya chiles are plentiful in Mexico City and the surrounding region throughout the Central Valley of Mexico. Puya chiles have been the center of a spirited debate among serious chile heads in determining if it is a hybrid of the de Arbol or the guajillo chile. We fall in the camp of it being related to the guajillo.
