Hot pepper idea -- advice needed

[hudd]

I've been air drying mine for several years in a row. I just destem them and spread them out on cookie sheets and cover them with cheesecloth to keep the dust off. I keep them in the basement and check them from time to time and remove any that may go bad, (not many). Takes a while to dry them this way but once they are ready, into a coffee grinder they go.