At the new mexico state university chili pepper institute bhut jolokia pepper plants were grown from seed and when harvested measured an shu of 1 001 304.
Chocolate bhutlah pepper scoville scale.
The chocolate variety is an example of a variation of the bhut jolokia.
Bhutlah seeds are now available for purchase.
Sweet earthiness dangerous bite scoville heat units shu.
Chocolate bhutlah on amazon just how hot a chocolate bhutlah is is up for debate but there s no questioning it s among the hottest peppers in the world some even argue this hybrid chili is even hotter than.
The chocolate bhutlah is a unique cross between a bhut jolokia and a chocolate douglah hence the clever name mashup of bhut lah.
Though it does tend to play closer to the upper ends of the 1 200 000 shu to 2 000 000 shu range of the scoville scale.
It s as hot as the trinidad moruga scorpion which makes sense since the chocolate scorpion is a sub variety.
We are now working to bring the most complete shu scale to our fellow pepper heads around the world.
2 000 000 scoville heat units jalapeƱo reference point.
Who knows it may blow the carolina reaper out of the water.
Welcome to the scoville scale the defining list of what s hot and what s not on the web.
Pepper x is a cultivar of capsicum chili pepper bred by ed currie creator of the carolina reaper.
The exceptional pungency of the chili was developed over 10 years of cultivation.
Although not official the chocolate bhutlah is in the running for the world s hottest pepper.
Brazillian ghost brown naga jolakia naga king 7 pot brain strain x scotch bonnet yellow 7 pot primo pot primo chocolate sepia serpent 350 000 580 000 red habanero red savina.
Up to 800 times hotter origin.
That lineage creates this fabulous pepper which can actually have pods hotter than the ghost pepper.
Each pack contains 10 chocolate bhutlah seeds.
The color is brown and the taste is noticeably sweeter than other variations but the primary characteristics remain the same.
Chocolate bhutlah is actually a cross between the bhut jolokia ghost pepper and the douglah.
The scale is named after its creator american pharmacist wilbur scoville whose 1912 method is known as the scoville organoleptic test.
United states products and seeds.
It might not be officially hotter than the carolina reaper but the chocolate bhutlah sure does feel hotter.
Pepper x resulted from several cross breedings that produced an exceptionally high content of capsaicin in the locules of the pepper.
The chocolate bhutlah does not make the top ten list because it has not been scientifically proven to be hotter than the carolina reaper until the chocolate bhutlah has been tested on the scoville heat scale it will not be featured on the top ten hottest pepper list.
The scoville scale is a measurement of the pungency spiciness or heat of chili peppers as recorded in scoville heat units shu based on the concentration of capsaicinoids among which capsaicin is the predominant component.
Currie stated that it is two times as hot as the carolina reaper which would.