The world's hardest pepper is born in Australia

Capsicum chili was so honored that it could not be cooked without protective clothing in Australia.

Capsicum harvested this time, named after Butch Taylar who first discovered this strain"Trinidad · Scorpion · Butch · Taylor"It is said that its spiciness is more than 48 times higher than Tabasco which is the hardest type.

Details of the hardest pepper in the world are from the following.Aussies grow world's hottest chilli - Australian Geographic

Trinidad Scorpion Butch T - The World's Hottest Chilli Pepper | Growing Peppers

This is Trinidad · Scorpion · Butch · Taylor this harvest. It is in a state before it is completely colored.


It is somewhat strange shape.


Capsicum was brought to Colombus for the first time from the West Indies to Europe and then cultivated in African colonies by the hands of Spain and Portuguese people, and India, which was then Portuguese colony at that timeGoaIt was brought into China and Korea, and it was accepted in various places.

Professor Barbara Santich of the University of Adelaide, a specialist in biochemical foods, says it is natural that capsicum spread easily in each region, "Remember the pepper. In the area where capsicum was brought in Pepper has already been produced and the people there are familiar with the pepper's spicy. "

Due to the spread of Asian people in various places in recent years, dishes using chili peppers are spreading in Australia and elsewhere, so this hot pepper is produced at this time in Central Coast, New South Wales It is said that it reached.

The spicyness of Trinidad · Scorpion · Butch · Taylor is 1,463,700Scoville, Which exceeds the 1.82 million 218 Scoville of "Naga Viper" which holds the current Guinness records. Incidentally, Jalapeno is known as 2500 - 5000 Scoville, even the most painful type of Tabasco is 30,000 Scoville.

It was colored red and harvested.


It is the producer Marcel de Wit who says "The guys are bad. According to Marcel, "If you touch the guys without gloves, your hands will swell in two days."

Capsicums are usually shipped packed in the state of sauce, but in the case of Trinidad and Scorpion it seems that it was difficult to make this sauce. According to Marcel, "When we went to Melbourne to make sauce for the first time in this chili pepper, we had to make a source with a glove attached to a chemical mask and full protective clothing." I can imagine the viciousness of Trinidad Scorpion.

There was a movie of the people who actually tried Trinidad · Scorpion · Butch · Taylor. If it is a real condition of capsicum, it seems that you can eat as it is.

YouTube - BeagleStorm and Ronnie vs. The Trinidad Scorpion - Butch T


In this movie, the notice that "Please do not manage at home" is out.

YouTube - Chilli Tests "ButchT Trinidad Scorpion 2011"


The top ten of the current hot pepper rankings are as follows.

1st place: Trinidad · Scorpion · Butch · Taylor (1,463,700 Scoville)
Second place: Scorpion cultivars andNaga ViperChilli (1.25 - 1.35 Million Scoville)
3rd place: Chocolate7-podAnd Infinity Chilli (1.2 million - 1.25 million Scoville)
4th place: other varieties of 7-pod; Barrackpore, primo, yellow, red (1.1 million Scoville - 1.2 million Scoville)
5th place: The Nagas;Boot Joloquia,Bih Jolokia, Naga Jolokia,Dorset Naga,Naga Morich(900,000 Scoville - 1.1 million Scoville)
6th: Naga andhabañero pepperCross; Habanaga, Nagabon (800,000 Scoville)
7th place:Red Savina Habanero(577,000 Scoville)
8th place:Chocolate HabaneroOrCarribean Habaneros(250 thousand - 350 thousands Scoville)
9th: Habanero andScotch Bonnets(100,000 to 250,000 Scoville)
10th place:Tepins, Tabasco,Birds eyes(Less than 100,000 Scoville)