Skyphos Red Butterhead Lettuce
Glossy burgundy leaves, a vivid green center, and substantial yet tender texture give Skyphos a distinctly different butterhead experience.
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Glossy burgundy leaves, a vivid green center, and substantial yet tender texture give Skyphos a distinctly different butterhead experience.
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Skyphos grows into a large, well-filled butterhead distinguished by glossy, thick red leaves surrounding a sharply contrasting green center. The darker outer leaves have noticeable body and a succulent bite, then soften progressively toward the more delicate heart. Its flavor stays clean and mild, with gentle sweetness and notably restrained bitterness. The thicker leaves give Skyphos more presence in the mouth than a delicate green butterhead while retaining the tenderness expected from the type. Broad surfaces readily carry a light vinaigrette, and the burgundy-to-green transition creates natural visual depth. LivFarms harvests each head whole with its living roots attached.
- CATEGORY: Soft Greens
- VARIETY: Skyphos RZ Red Butterhead Lettuce
- BOTANICAL NAME: Lactuca sativa
- WHAT YOU’LL RECEIVE: One living head with roots attached
- STORAGE: Keep refrigerated with roots attached and protected from moisture loss.
- BEST ENJOYED WITHIN: 14 days of delivery for peak tender texture, mild flavor, and freshness.
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NUTRITION BY DESIGN
- CHEF’S TASTING NOTES: Skyphos begins with a juicy, substantial bite from its thicker burgundy outer leaves. Fresh green flavor arrives first, followed by gentle sweetness and unusually restrained bitterness for a deeply colored red lettuce. Move toward the center and the experience softens, becoming progressively more tender and succulent. The finish stays clean rather than sharp, giving the head enough character to stand alone while remaining receptive to herbs, acids, and savory ingredients.
- FLAVOR PROFILE: Clean and gently sweet with restrained bitterness, fresh green character, and a succulent finish.
- TEXTURE & PERFORMANCE: Skyphos has more leaf body than a delicate green butterhead. Its glossy outer leaves are thick, broad, and succulent, providing soft structure rather than brittle crunch. Toward the green center, the leaves become finer and more tender. Torn pieces retain enough shape to layer throughout a composed salad, while the broad surfaces catch vinaigrette evenly. This combination of substance and tenderness helps Skyphos remain visible and texturally distinct beside firmer ingredients.
- PLATE PERFORMANCE: Skyphos contributes color before anything else. Deep burgundy outer leaves frame a vivid green center, creating built-in contrast across the plate. Its broad, rounded leaves provide generous coverage and soft volume, while the darker perimeter gives pale mushrooms, herbs, flowers, shoots, and bright microgreens a strong visual background.
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NUTRITION IN ACTION
- YOUR WEEKLY 30: Skyphos counts as one plant toward your goal of eating 30 different plant foods each week. Enjoy it as your lettuce choice, then build more variety with other LivFarms favorites such as crunchy greens, herbs, microgreens, hearty shoots, edible flowers, and mushrooms.
- NUTRITION SNAPSHOT: Red butterhead lettuce provides vitamin K, folate, carotenoid-derived vitamin A activity, potassium, fiber, and substantial water content. Its red leaves also contribute anthocyanins, adding another group of naturally occurring plant compounds to its nutritional profile.
- PLANT COMPOUNDS: Skyphos provides anthocyanins, carotenoids, chlorophylls, flavonoids, phenolic acids, and other naturally occurring plant compounds. The red pigmentation signals a broader mix of phytochemicals than you typically see in green butterhead lettuce.
- WHY THIS PLANT MATTERS: Skyphos combines the tender texture and mild flavor of butterhead lettuce with the added visual and nutritional appeal of red-pigmented leaves. It contributes fiber, micronutrients, hydration, carotenoids, anthocyanins, and other plant compounds while bringing rich color and contrast to the plate.
- SIMPLE EVERYDAY IDEAS: Torn composed salads, whole-leaf lettuce cups, sandwich and wrap layers, grain bowls, plated salad wedges, and leaves paired with roasted vegetables.
