Chilli Powder - 100% Carolina Reaper 2 million shu 10g

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As the hottest chili pepper in the world currently, the heat range is listed from 1,400,000 Scoville Heat Units on the Scoville Scale to a blazing 2,200,000. Compared to your average jalapeno pepper, it measures 175 to 880 times hotter. Compare that to a typical jalapeno pepper, which averages about 5,000 Scoville Heat Units, and the hottest Carolina Reaper is up to 440 times hotter. That is crazy hot! How Hot is the Carolina Reaper Compared to a Ghost Pepper? The most infamous case of how dangerous Carolina Reapers can be is when a man was rushed to a hospital because of massive headaches after consuming them. These massive headaches were caused by reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome, a temporary artery narrowing in the brain. This was caused by the pain response from eating the pepper. The seeds of Carolina Reapers are small, oval-shaped, and yellowish in color. You can use them to grow your own hottest peppers. Carolina Reaper Powder You can create a natural anesthetic balm for temporary pain relief by mixing Reaper powder with aloe vera gel or coconut oil. But please consult with your doctor before applying it on the affected areas. Also read: Spice Up Your Culinary Game With The Best Carolina Reaper Recipes What’s the big deal about Scoville Heat Units (SHUs)?

It takes around three months for a Carolina Reaper plant to mature, and they hate temperatures below 60and above 85 degrees Fahrenheit. They require warm weather to grow optimally and may even need to be planted at specific times to do this. For growing, the pepper has been described as "...a good all-rounder to try at home..." by James Wong, an English ethnobotanist, who stated that they require growing temperatures of at least 18°C (64°F). He suggested growing the plants in 30–40cm (12–16in) pots to restrict growth and produce fruit sooner. [14] When fully ripe, two peppers occupy the palm of the hand. [12] See also [ edit ] The good thing about pepper plants is that you are not limited to just the peppers. The leaves of capsicum pepper plants are edible when cooked. They add a unique bitter flavor mixed with some sweet tastes that are very similar to spinach. Be careful, though, some leaves could be toxic, so be sure to do your research before cooking with them. Storage of Carolina Reapers You can even dry the peppers, a step that is not only good for storage, but a necessary step in preparing Carolina Reapers to make chili powder, some sauces, and other recipes. Seed germination is slow and takes 2 weeks to over 4 weeks. The seeds require a warm (85° F or 29.4° C) and moist environment to sprout. Light Requirements

Read our post on cooking peppers and what may make them hotter or milder. There are methods of cooking that can increase or decrease the overall heat of a chili. If you’re cooking with Reapers, you’re an extreme heat fan, so knowing the ins and outs here will keep your pepper as hot as you expect. This makes Carolina Reaper plants more portable so you can move them to more suitable environments as they grow, which is crucial for their growth. It is reported that those who consume Carolina Reapers do not feel the pain from the pepper for the first few seconds which gives time to taste its unique flavor, albeit very briefly. The pain begins after about seven seconds, sometimes accompanied by the following other side effects: Just to make it clear how hot the Carolina Reaper is, after the extraction of the pepper oil, the oil needs to be diluted with one of the following measurements of sugar water to eliminate the crazy spicy heat:

To dry Carolina Reapers with a dehydrator, you need to slice up the peppers into strips and place them in the food dehydrator for two to four hours. A Carolina Reaper pepper is reported to be 175 to 880 times hotter than a Jalapeño. It is more than 10 times hotter than the hottest Habanero. Even if you pop super hot peppers in your mouth like mints, you will not be ready for what a Carolina Reaper has in store for you when it comes to heat level. Normally superhots have bitter chemical-like undertones as if you can actually taste the capsaicin, but that’s not the case here.Dragon’s Breath: Developed by a chili farmer in collaboration with NPK Technology and Nottingham Trent University, Dragon’s Breath pepper reportedly has a heat level of 2.48 million SHUs. Interestingly, it’s makers claim that it can serve as a natural anesthetic for people allergic to standard lab-made anesthetics. Protect roots from high temperatures. Mulch containers or garden to prevent roots from baking in the sun. Water Requirements The flavor is fruity and similar to a 7 Pot chili pepper.The Carolina Reaper can grow to a height over 4 feet tall.