As a comparison, a Jalapeno has between 2.500 and 8.000 Scoville units. Scoville is the unit with which the heat of a Chilli is measured. The first test has concluded that his Chilli 1.474.000 Scoville units measures. After 10 years, in the year 2010 Currie has tested for the first time this new Chilli in a laboratory. During this process the plant has deviations and stability issues in building the fruit until all these factors are stabilized. In order to stabilize a new plant 8 to 10 generations must be cultivated and the seeds must be used for the next generations. As Currie tried out this new Chilli he knew that he must do everything that is in his power in order to stabilize this new Chilli type.
One day, for the experiment “HP22B” he interbreed a Pakistan “Naga” with a sweet red Habanero. As he found out that worldwide indigenous people develop these illnesses only very rarely and that these people often eat hot Chillis at different meals, he has started to experiment around with different Chillis. The cultivator, Ed Currie has developed this new Chilli variety while in the search for a cure against cancer and heart failure. Like the name already lets us know, the Carolina Reaper was bread in South Carolina, so in the south of the USA and has been made to a new variety. The origins of the Carolina Reaper and its heat The fruit has an average length between 2.2 and 8 cm including the thorn and a width of 2.5 up to 8 cm as well. The plant can grow up to a height of 150 cm and 120 cm wide. On the lower side it has a “sting” which resembles a lot that of a Scorpion and the surface is rough and wrinkled. Another characteristic of the Carolina Reaper is besides its color the shape. In the ripening process the fruit is first green, gets colored red and then at the end is fiery red. As soon as the plant is big enough, in order to carry fruit, the ripening period of the fruit can take approximately 100 days, which delays the harvest to the late autumn. Only the germination of the seeds needs up to 4 weeks. The Carolina Reaper is due to its long ripening period a late bloomer. The taste is often described as fruity sweet with a hint of cinnamon and chocolate.Ĭharacteristics of the Carolina Reaper plant In order to have a perspective: The Carolina Reaper is approximately 460 up to 1000 times hotter than a Jalapeno.
This is what makes this Chilli the hottest Chilli in the world. Watch out – not for the faint hearted! This Chilli has the name of the reaper for a reason (“Reaper” is derived from the “Grim Reaper”) That the Carolina Reaper the hottest Chili in the world is was not only stated by its creator – Ed Currie – but was also confirmed by the Guinness book of world records with a measure of 1.569.300 Scoville units. Buy the Carolina Reaper – the hottest Chilli in the world
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