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The World’s Hottest Chilli

The smallest amount can flavour a sauce so intensely it’s barely edible. Taking a small bite will cause watering eyes and a runny nose.

Bih Jolokia ChilliThe world’s hottest chilli is the Bhut Jolokia also known as Bih Jolokia originating in Assam in North East India.  It is the Guinness World Book Record Holder with an official Scoville heat rating (SHU) of 1,001,304 SHU twice that of the previous record holder, the Red Savina.

A SHU stands for Scoville Heat Unit and is the amount of water needed before the chilli heat is undetectable. One drop of the Bhut Jolokia extract needs a million drops of water.

The Bhut Jolokia chilli has been highly treasured in Assam for centuries but was unknown in the West.  Seven years ago a scientist, R.K.R Singh, working  at the Indian government’s Defence Research Laboratory in Tezpur in Assam, decided to look at this locally prized chilli and sent samples of the Bhut Jolokia for analysis. The amazing results were submitted to a scientific journal and aroused the interest of The Chile Pepper Institute (CPI) at New Mexico State University.

Very shortly after, in 2001, the Institute received seed of the Bhut Jolokia from a member who had collected it while visiting India. Dr Paul Bosland of the CPI grew the Bhut Jolokia from seed in the desert climate of Southern New Mexico and confirmed its incredible heat, culminating in the Guinness World Book Record Award for the hottest chilli in the world. The analysis revealed that it possessed an extremely high heat level indeed, a whopping 1,001,304 Scoville Heat Units.

Further corroboration of the heat level came from Frontal Agritech in Assam who had their locally grown Bhut Jolokia chillies HPLC-tested and reported a value of 1,041,427 Scoville Heat Units, giving two independent results for Bhut Jolokia with no significant variation between them.

The sole exporter of the Assam Bhut Jolokia is Frontal Agritech.  In Assam this deadly hot chilli is treated with immense respect.  At Frontal Agritech, employees wear goggles, face masks, head covers and protective clothing to deal with the chillies.  Ananta Saikia, the owner of Frontal Agritech Ltd has been quoted as saying that one chilli can last his family for a week.

The raw chilli has a strong but pleasant fresh vegetable smell.  Cooked in a curry it imparts perfume-like sweetness to all the other ingredients in addition to a fiery heat.  Dried, the chilli changes character again with a further intensification of taste and aroma.

We offer CPI Bhut Jolokia seeds direct from The Chile Pepper Institute and Assam Bhut Jolokia seeds direct from Frontal Agritech, who are in turn the only exporter from Assam.

This is truly a unique chilli and seeds are scarce, and seeds with proven provenance are even scarcer still.  Our seeds come from certificated and heat tested stock.

The names given to the Jolokia chilli pepper by the Assamese give us a clue to the heat that is waiting for anyone brave enough to take a bite - Bih Jolokia means poison chilli pepper and Bhut Jolokia means Ghost/Spirit chilli pepper.
   

We stock Assam Bhut Jolokia imported from Assam India and CPI Bhut Jolokia imported from the USA and grown by the Chile Pepper Institute New Mexico. There seems to be slight differences in flavour, colour, texture shape and size between Dorset Naga, Bhut Jolokia, Bih Jolokia and Naga Morich chilli peppers but one thing is for sure they are all seriously hot! Read More About it here or Buy Below

The Chillies Put To The Test

Orange Habanero (Capsicum Chinense)
The HPLC analysis revealed that Orange Habanero had a mean (average) heat level of 357,729 Scoville Heat Units. That's quite a bit, but according to Dr. Bosland, this is in the range normally seen for this cultivar in Las Cruces, NM. (I once tasted Jalapeno peppers right from a field close to Las Cruces, and even those "ordinary" chilli peppers were surprisingly hot.)
£1.75 for 15 seeds

 

Red Savina (Capsicum Chinense)
A different kind of surprise was the test result for Red Savina - it scored a rather low heat level of just 248,556 SHU. This means the SHU value for 'Bhut Jolokia' was four times higher than 'Red Savina'.
   
Bih Jolokia ChilliAssam Bhut Jolokia (Capsicum Chinense)

The smallest amount can flavour a sauce so intensely it’s barely edible. Taking a small bite will cause watering eyes and a runny nose.

Frontal Agritech in Assam, India had their locally grown Bhut Jolokia chillies HPLC-tested and reported a value of 1,041,427 Scoville Heat Units, giving two independent results for Bhut Jolokia with no significant variation between them.

£4.00 for 10 seeds
   
Bhut Jolokia Chilli

The Chile Pepper Institute (CPI) Bhut Jolokia (Capsicum Chinense)

Now for Bhut Jolokia -- the analysis revealed that it possessed an extremely high heat level indeed, a whopping 1,001,304 Scoville Heat Units.

These seeds can be tricky to germinate and do benefit from the germination solution and a germination temperature of between 80°F and 89°F. The flowers also benefit from hand pollination with a paint brush.
£4 for 10 seeds
   
a picture of the famous naga morich chilli seeds, you can buy the seeds by clicking a link below.

Naga Morich (Capsicum Chinense)

The Naga Morich 'snake or serpent chilli' is one of the world's most respected chillis. A recent sample of fresh fruit of the rare Bangladeshi Naga Morich chilli was tested by Warwick University using HPLC and registered a tongue numbing 1,598,227 Scoville Heat Units (SHU). These original Naga Morich seeds have not been grown by gardeners at home, these are the genuine Naga Morich. Naga Morich is a close relative of Dorset Naga.

Currently Naga Morich seeds are scarce, and Naga seeds with proven provenance are even scarcer still.  Our Naga Morich seeds come from certificated germination and heat tested stock.

These seeds can be tricky to germinate and do benefit from the germination solution and a germination temperature of between 80°F and 89°F. The flowers also benefit from hand pollination with a paint brush.
£4 for 10 seeds
 
   
 

Naga Jolokia (Indian PC-1)

Chilli Heat Level 8+
 This striking and very useful chilli from Assam an area in India close to the famous city of Tezpur, renowned for bringing us some of the hottest varieties around. 21/2" chillies, The chilli has a cited heat level of 855,000 SHU

£3 for 10 seeds

   
Germination Solution £1.18 inc VAT

Germination Solution, 1 packet contains enough to treat 10 packets of seeds.
 
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 Gummy bears with an Extra Hot Orange Habanero kick. No artificial flavours or colourings
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Guinness Book of World Records "the hottest chilli in the world"
Your chance to buy Bhut Jolokia Dried Pods, 1,001,304 Units Of Pure Fire. These are the pods that Guinness World Records tested 20 Pods £4.00.

As a member of the Chile Pepper Institute The Chilli Seed Company are the only stockist of Bhut Jolokia pods and seeds, (that we know of)  J

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Germination Solution
 Helping you get the best from your seeds.  We have recently completed trials germinating a selection of our very hot chilli seeds including Naga Morich, Bhut Jolokia and Bih Jolokia.  We grew a tray with seeds soaked in our germination solution and a tray without and found a 50% increase in germination success rate.
Chilli seeds can be hard to germinate at the best of times, our germination solution is available to help you get the best from germinating your seeds. Enough Powder to treat all your seeds.
Germination Solution £1.18 inc VAT

Chilli Plant Food - helping you get the most from your plants

This chilli plant food is a precise formulation for optimal performance of chillies in pots, grow bags or in the ground.
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