Bhut Jolokia Chilli

Officially The Hottest Chillies in the World

Your chance to grow 3 of the hottest chillies in the world and that's official! Naga Morich, Bih Jolokia and Bhut Jolokia.

We stock the Indian version, the Bih Jolokia and the American version grown from seed obtained originally in, Assam in India, the Bhut Jolokia.

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.

In 2001, The Chile Pepper Institute received seed of a chilli named 'Bhut Jolokia' from a member who had collected it while visiting the area of Assam in India. So Four years of extensive field tests by The Institute the 2005 heat test was on.  The heat test recorded the Bhut Jolokia chilli at a staggering, lip numbing, mind blowing 1,001,304 Scoville Heat Units by the Chile Pepper Institute and the Bih Jolokia chilli tested at 1,041,427 by Frontal Agritech the famous Assamese Chilli Growers.

 

Bih Jolokia, Bhut Jolokia, Naga Morich -- what's in a name?

Q: Bhut Jolokia, Bih Jolokia, Naga Jolokia, Naga Morich, Raja Mirchi ... what's the deal with all those different names you can read in print and on the Internet these days for supposedly the very same chilli variety?  Harald Zoschke asked someone who should know best: Leena Saikia of Frontal Agritech, a chilli pepper grower and processing company in Assam that also grows and cultivates Bih Jolokia Chilli.  Here's what she told Harald Zoschke, author of the original article about these exciting chillies:

A: "All these chillies are from North East India. They belong to Capsicum chinense. In fact, Naga Jolokia, Nagahari, Bhut Jolokia, Bih Jolokia or Borbih Jolokia are the same chilli but named differently at different places. For example, the Assamese community call it as Bih Jolokia (poison chilli -- Jolokia means chilli in Assamese), Bhut Jolokia (probably due to its ghostly bite or introduction by the Bhutias from Bhutan poison chilli) or Naga Jolokia (due to extreme hotness representing the aggressive temperament of the warriors of neighbouring Naga community). In Nagaland and Manipur states, it is known as Raja Mircha or Raja chilli (King of Chillies). In major Indian languages, chilli is known as Mirch or mircha (Bengali and Hindi)." Morich" may be a distorted version of 'mirch'. 

Q: So how about this chile variety outside Northeastern India?

A: Leena said: "We fully agree that these are of the same species and type which might have migrated to other nearby states and countries including Bangladesh and Srilanka where this chilli continued to be known as Naga Mircha ("Naga Moresh''). The original seeds of Dorset Naga were sourced from the Bangladeshi community of Britain who might have taken the fruits of this chilli from Bangladesh for culinary purposes."

We stock Bih Jolokia imported from 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) 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'.

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.  £5 for 10 seeds

Naga 5 Pod Morich (Capsicum Chinense) Naga Morich a close relative of Dorset Naga which was tested for heat by two laboratories in the USA. The average of the two results, measured in Scoville Heat Units (SHU), was 923,000 Scoville Heat Units. We suspect Naga Morich to come in around the same. 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 @ 17.5%

Germination Solution, 1 packet contains enough to treat 10 packets of seeds.