Chacoense Hookerianum Paraguay Laos It is a hybrid of Capsicum chinense and Capsicum frutescens and is closely related to the Naga Morich.. Wikipedia, Fruit of plants from the genus Capsicum which are members of the nightshade family, Solanaceae. Praetermissum Heat levels were tested by Warwick HRI, and the Dorset Naga came in a… And that is what makes it such a game with no possible winner. Mark first tasted the Trinidad Scorpion in 2005. Did we miss any? Spain Surinam He spread word on the original C2C site and, on 30th July 2005, sent seed to Butch Taylor (Crosby, MS), and other hobbyists in Cortland, NY, Stafford, TX, Bangor, ME, Sterling Heights, MI, Barstow, CA, and Brengues, France. Villosum. Nuclear, Any OriginAfghanistan The Butch T Scorpion pepper seed was first multiplied and sent out by Mark M, of Hamilton, NJ. Probably hundreds. But because the naga morich was not as well known as it is today, the sauce also got picked up by some local newspapers and then some national newspapers and television news. Mexico The Naga Morich 'snake or serpent chilli' is one of the world's most sought after and fearsome chilli peppers. The ghost pepper, also known as "bhüt jolokia" (which literally means "Bhutanese chili" in Assamese), is an interspecific hybrid chili pepper cultivated in Northeast India. For many years, due largely to its Guinness World Record status, the Red Savina, a Habanero type that had been subject to selective breeding by Frank Garcia, was held by most people as the hottest chili in the world. The Dorset Naga is a substrain of the original Naga Morich from Bangladesh. Niger Bahamas When a new sauce is released, it gets picked up by the many excellent sites that share hot sauce reviews. Exile We read about new names almost every week, but they are all variations on the peppers talked about above. Belize As we write this, ‘official' tests of their heat are yet to materialize, though there is talk of some American growers about to launch the Trinidad Scorpion at the title. St. Lucia Here are the best of the reviews... "The flavor of Naga Private Reserve is fantastic for those that love pure pepper flavored sauce." While there is money to be made from selling seeds and products made from peppers, there will always be claims and counter claims for the world's hottest chili pepper. Costa Rica They came across a pepper called the Naga Morich, already well known to England's Bangladeshi community. Schottianum Maldives Vinder af smagearrangementer 2014 i gruppen styrke 10-10+++ ... Habanero, Almindelig Cap. Campylopodium Minutiflorum The name they chose did nothing to quell the debate raging as to whether the Naga Morich and the Bhut Jolokia were different peppers. West Indies Australia Hot Holland At around the same time, an export company in India called Frontal Agritech measured what they were calling the Naga Jolokia at 1,041,427 SHU. C. chinense varieties are well known for their unique flavors and many have exceptional heat. South Korea It arrived hot on the heals of the Trinidad Scorpion. There weren't many naga sauce products on the market at that time so it would be fair to say we had a few requests for bottles(!) Poland Their conclusions were that these two, and the many other similar names, all refer to the same pepper. Scolnikianum Ciliatum Colombia A recent sample of this rare Bangladeshi chilli was tested* Chinense Pakistan Even the Then things started to change. With some impressive looking graphs and charts, the Morouga topped out at a shade over 2 million SHU, with an average rating of 1,207,764. Lebanon chinense Køb eller læs mere. The first pepper to publicly challenge the Red Savina was the so called Dorset Naga. chinense. Italy Very Hot Canary Islands Moldova One of the questions we hear most often is, which is the hottest pepper? Germany Next up, in 2013, was the Carolina Reaper, originally code named HP22B, which took the official title of world's hottest pepper in late 2013, with a mouth numbing 2.2m SHU and an average of 1,569,300. Sister of the famed Ghost Pepper (yet to come), this beauty is native to northern India and Bangladesh, where it’s often eaten green (read: unripe) and raw, as a side dish. Buforum Pubescens Reports from people who were growing and eating them suggested that they were both as hot, if not hotter, than the Naga. Hungary ‘New' discoveries are few and far between. From the Naga Morich they repeatedly took the seeds from the best plants and pods and after a number of years were happy with the result, and named it the Dorset Naga. Yeman Sri Lanka Wikipedia, Measurement of the pungency of chili peppers and other spicy foods, as recorded in Scoville Heat Units (SHU) based on the concentration of capsaicinoids, among which capsaicin is the predominant component. The Dorset Naga was not without controversy. Will it stop at the Carolina Reaper? They collected samples and undertook field trials, and it was from these trials that the first pepper to officially challenge the Red Savina took the Guinness World Record with a heat rating of 1,001,304 SHU. 2012 had barely dawned when previous holder of the hottest pepper, Dr Bosland of the Chile Pepper Institute had the contents of his fields tested and low and behold, a new world's hottest. Grenada Slovakia Wikipedia, Any seasoning, or salsa made from chili peppers and other ingredients. Stay up to date on result for: Habanero & Naga Morich. St Helena Kenya Cuba Iran People no longer discover new varieties while trekking deep in the jungles of South America, these days all the new names seem to stem from the re-growing of existing peppers. The story of the search for the world's hottest chili pepper. This time is the Trinidad Scorpion Morouga. With a range from 1,000,000 to 1,500,000 Scoville heat units, only the hottest ghost peppers can compare to the mildest Naga Morich. Cardenasii France But when the naga morich started to make a name for itself a few years ago, we couldn't resist cooking up a batch of naga based sauce. Macedonia Informal competition since the early 1990s among growers of chili peppers primarily in the US, the UK, and Australia, to develop ever-hotter peppers. Argentina He did not taste them, but instead saved seeds, discarded the pods, and grew the seeds out in the summer of 2005. Eximium read here. Northern Mariana Islands Medium 7 Pot Jonah, Trindad Douglah, 7 Pod Primo, Scorpion Morouga, 7 Pot Barrackpore, Chocolate Devils Tongue. Cayman Islands Panama Kosovo The person who laid claim to the hotter of these two peppers, the Bhut, was Dr Paul Bosland of New Mexico State University's Chile Pepper Institute. Cornutum Chili peppers are widely used in many cuisines as a spice to add heat to dishes. Nepal Vietnam In 2011 along came the Trinidad Scorpion Butch T, claiming 1,463,700 SHU and was announced by the Guinness world records as the world's hottest pepper. Leptopodum African-American Zambia, Any GenusAnnuum New Mexico Czechoslovakia Please do not send us images you have found on other people's websites. Vi har testet over tusinde tomater igennem tiden Hvert år tester vi et hav af tomater, for at finde frem til Honduras Rhomboideum Any HeatVery Sweet Guadeloupe While the Naga Jolokia debate continued, and Dr Bosland was pictured with his official certificate from Guinness, a couple more peppers started to be talked about as possible contenders for the world's hottest chili pepper. Dominica Frutescens We aren't claiming to know the whole story, but this is how we see it at present. An Australian named the pepper in honor of Butch T, as Butch is who he acquired the seed from, and the name stuck. Burkina Faso [Update!] Israel Caatingae Coccineum Japan Denmark The Original Recipe was soon followed by a version called Private Reserve which had even more naga morich pepper than the original, but the hard core chilli heads among you said the sauce was very hot, but not hot enough.