Lovers of strong and spicy tastes are you ready for an unmissable weekend? From the 30 August to 1 September awaits you in Jesi (AN) Pikkanapa, the festival of chili pepper and of hemp, now in its sixth year. A three-day event that takes place right at the end of the collection period in which the numerous varieties of chilli and hemp will be the protagonists of tastings, conferences and market exhibitions.

The numbers of this edition of Pikkanapa already announce a particularly interesting event: 80 exhibitors from all over Italy, beyond 200 varieties of peppers to taste, many hemp-based food preparations to try, the historical squares of the Marche city animated by the events.

There will be plenty of opportunities to taste delicacies with fiery flavors taste laboratories that will take place in the squares or in the many restaurants of Jesi that during Pikkanapa will offer all customers special menus in which chilli and hemp will be protagonists.

Pikkanapa will also be an opportunity for an exchange of knowledge and for a shared reflection on the opportunities of these agricultural chains. In fact, exhibitors and visitors will be able to meet in the moments of deepening on the cultivation of chili peppers and hemp and the latter, in particular, will analyze the business possibilities. Among the scheduled appointments not to be missed seed exchanges, the courses of taste and the "Fire Eaters" race with Jack Pepper, Italian champion of chilli eaters.

All the details of Pikkanapa's three spicy days on the festival page.

Claudia Minnella
August 2019

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