Officially The Hottest Chillies in the World
The World’s Hottest ChilliThe smallest amount can flavour a sauce so intensely it’s barely edible. Taking a small bite will cause watering eyes and a runny nose.
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 the University of New Mexico. 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 Bhut Jolokia from Assam 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 Bhut Jolokia seeds direct from The Chile Pepper Institute and are proud to be the sole EU supplier of 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. |
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| Bhut Jolokia from Assam, India and Bhut Jolokia From The Chile Pepper Institute, New Mexico grown side by side in a heated greenhouse. Click to enlarge image | |
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Assam Bhut Jolokia, a slightly more compact plant which holds about 70 to 80 fruit. Fruits are about 2" to 3" long. |
CPI Bhut Jolokia, taller and a little more stretched with a disappointing amount of fruit, maybe 20 to 30. We hand pollinated the first fruits that seemed to grow really well. Fruit on the Bhut Jolokia are typically between 3" to 31/2" long. |
We stock Bhut Jolokia imported from Assam India, Bhut Jolokia imported from the USA and grown by the Chile Pepper Institute. 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)
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 Red Savina (Capsicum
Chinense) |
 Bih
Jolokia (Capsicum Chinense) The Chilli Seed Company are the official distributors of Bih Jolokia Seeds. 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. |
 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. A
world shortage of Bhut Jolokia due to a crop failure has
forced us to restrict the amount of Bhut Jolokia we send
out. |
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Chilli Heat Level 8+ £4 for 10 seeds |
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packet of each of the following :
Naga Jolokia (Indian
PC-1), Bhut Jolokia and Bih
Jolokia for £12 save a £1 and get Orange Habanero For
FREE!!!! 10 seeds of each Bih Jolokia and Naga Jolokia Indian PC1 and 5 seeds of Bhut Jolokia
These seeds
have not been grown by gardeners at home, these are the
genuine, pure seed from the breeders with no cross
pollination. Currently seeds are scarce, and seeds with
proven provenance are even scarcer still. Our
seeds come from certificated germination and heat tested
stock. |
Naga Jolokia (Indian
PC-1)| Germination Solution £1.18 inc VAT @ 17.5% |
Germination Solution, 1 packet contains enough to treat 10 packets of seeds. |
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helping you get the most from your plants
including chillies, peppers, strawberries and tomatoes all have been designed to give
maximum flavour in a small space. They are to be grown in pots on your patio, greenhouse or conservatory
