what is the hottest chilli pepper?

[Flying Goat]

I grow chilis every year. LOVE my ground cayenne. Have about a pound of dried habaneros... thinking about making chili flakes from them, too... Nice 4 a BBQ sauce. Also nice in omelets for breakfast...

The key to enjoying chilis is to eat them every day. If you're on mild food for a couple weeks & then eat a hot chili, it's gonna burn ya twice. If, like me, you keep a jar of pickled jalapenos & serranos on the counter for snacks, not only do you have less arthritis pain, but you become slowly immune to the burn & learn to discern & relish the flavors...

 

[zymos]

We're on some Peruvian lemon chillies this season,, should be fun

I actually grew these several years ago. I bought a bag of them, dried, at the Fiery Foods show in ABQ, and the seeds were viable.

They grew pretty well as I recall, and were quite tasty...

 

[DocLeaf]

Cool zymos

The first chillies down this season are both heirloom,, this Peruvian lemon variety and a Iranian Round variety collected in 1944

Next week we'll start on the Habaneros and the FRT Black Twilight

 

[puffin fresh]

Hi Doc,
I grew these last year...still growing now. They are one of the most beautiful chilies when ripe.
Just got some decades old West indian chillies that came from my grandmother so we will see how they go...they look like a habanero/naga but are much smaller and very hot.

 

[StinkingRoger]

Thai Purple/gold. Tiny Chilli Face burning Extreme.

 

[moses wellfleet]

FRT Black Twilight and other hot varieties of chilli are in Veggie Seed Multipacks at seedbay

I’m new to Chilli growing. I was gifted a beaut plant with dark purple leaves that has finally produced its’ first fruit, after an issue with flowers falling off.

 

[Mtn. Nectar]

Choc. Champions…..smokey slight hint of fruity but hotttttttt..!

 

[Frosty Nuggets]

Carolina Reaper

 

[Cvh]

Pepper X . But no official seeds are available yet I belief.

Pepper X - Wikipedia

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Pepper X is a cultivar of Capsicum chili pepper bred by Ed Currie, creator of the Carolina Reaper.[1][2] Pepper X resulted from several cross breedings that produced an exceptionally high content of capsaicin in the locules of the pepper.[2] The exceptional pungency of the chili was developed over 10 years of cultivation.[1][3] According to Currie, he started developing Pepper X as he found his favorite chili peppers too mild and wanted to have a pepper that had more heat while retaining the flavor.[3]
Currie stated that it is "two times as hot as the Carolina Reaper",[3] which would make it the hottest pepper in the world with a Scoville scale of 3.18 million units, but this remains unconfirmed by Guinness World Records as of 2022.[1][3]