In 2007, the ghost pepper ranked as the the world’s hottest chili pepper. See where the Ghost Pepper ranks on this Scoville chart! Where do they rank on the Scoville Chart?

And in case you were wondering, yes, ghost peppers can kill you. In Assamese B ih means “poison” and zôlôkia means pepper, making the literal translation Poison Pepper, obviously referring to it’s extreme spiciness. Inhabitants of Assam, the India state famous for its tea plantations, refer to the ghost pepper as bih zôlôkia. However, as Northeast India is very linguistically diverse part of the world, the ghost pepper has many different names including: ghost chili, Red Naga chili, Naga Bhut Jolokia, Bhoot Jolokia, and more. Bhut in Hindi means “ghost” while Jolokia translates to pepper or chili. The ghost pepper’s name is a literal translation from its Hindi name: Bhut Jolokia. Where does the name ghost pepper come from? The peppers themselves are red, yellow, orange depending on their ripeness. Generally, a fully ripe ghost pepper measures in from 2.4 to 3.3 in long and 1.0 to 1.2 in wide. An extremely variable plant, the ghost pepper produces a wide range of fruit sizes. The ghost pepper is an interspecific hybrid chili pepper, cultivated in the Northeast Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland and Manipur. However, how spicy is that to the palate? What is like to bite into one of these infamous chili peppers? Keep reading to find out just how hot a ghost pepper really is! What exactly is the ghost pepper? So spicy, in fact, that the Indian Army uses them to make chili grenades. The peppers are picked at the peak of ripeness, dried and then ground to a fine powder.The ghost pepper is one of spiciest chili peppers in the world. They have no additives, preservatives and are processed in a 'sanitary' environment.Ĭarolina Reaper pepper powder is a fine powder. Ghost pepper has an intense sweet chili flavor and is hot! If you thought the Ghost Pepper was hot, check out the Carolina Reaper chile pepper! It is extremely hot and has a great flavor. The Carolina Reaper pepper is about twice as hot as the Ghost Pepper or Bhut Jolokia pepper. This pepper has a sweet and slightly citrus flavor and an aggressive long lasting burn. The Carolina Reaper is a cultivar of chili pepper of the Capsicum chinense species. The Carolina Reaper pepper is about 1.5 to 2 inches in total length, it is bumpy and has a scorpion like tail. The hottest individual Carolina Reaper pepper came in at 2.2 million scoville heat units surpassing the previous record holder, Trinidad Moruga Scorpion pepper which stood at over 2,000,000 scoville heat units. 22, Plant B.' The Carolina Reaper pepper or Carolina pepper or Reaper pepper was bred for heat from a red habanero strain and a Pakistani Naga chile pepper. The Carolina Reaper pepper was grown in Carolina, and is now a stable hybrid pepper formerly known as HP22B, which stands for 'Higher Power, Pot No. According to Guinness, the Carolina Reaper pepper is now considered the hottest pepper on earth.

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