>All the dried Pasillas I have purchased were the blackest green you can >imagine. You have to see them in sunlight to notice the green at all. No >sign of them ever being brown. I agree that they are flavorful, but heatless. Mine ripen to brown, but I dry them green as well (usually green, as I can always but the browns). In fact, they are my favorites for dried green. And mine pack decent heat, more than NuMex or Poblanos, less then Jalas. Tom