How hot is the bhut jolokia chili pepper compared to a habanero?
The 2007 Guinness World Record hottest pepper is featured at the Orange Coast College horticulture department’s spring plant sale Friday. The Bhut Jolokia, or ghost chili, is native to India and is 2,000 times hotter than a habanero pepper, according to Rick Harlow, head of the OCC ornamental horticulture department. Click image to enlarge Photo by Alletta Cooper Seedling “ghost chili” plants, the world’s hottest pepper, are available for sale. Joe Stead, a part time horticulture instructor, started growing the plant for himself about a year ago. More seeds have since come on the market so it was decided to include the pepper in this year’s sale. “A lot of people like to really shop, they like to come and learn and the serious gardeners like to see new things so we try to provide them with that,” Harlow said. The heat of a pepper is measured in scoville units and the ghost chili has 1 million scoville units, compared to the habanero’s 500, Harlow said.
Bhut Jolokia the World’s Hottest pepper, also called Bih Jolokia and Red Savina. Habanero are grown in limited quantities and the freshly harvested peppers are de-stemmed, processed as mash or dehydrated. More than 1200 grams of fresh Bhut Jolokia, World’s Hottest chile pepper or Red Savina™ Habanero, world’s 2nd hottest pepper, are required to make just 100 grams of dried product. The Bhut Jolokia and the Red Savina are so incredibly hot that we highly recommend a pepper grinder or mill be used to dispense them. Any good quality pepper mill will work. However, for your convenience we offer Minimill™ and Maximill™ type dispensers. The Minimill is travel size while the Maximill is more suitable for table and kitchen use. We find that either of these peppers will increase the heat level of your food to a level of your choice without altering the flavor of your food.
The 2007 Guinness World Record hottest pepper is featured at the Orange Coast College horticulture department’s spring plant sale Friday. The Bhut Jolokia, or ghost chili, is native to India and is 2,000 times hotter than a habanero pepper, according to Rick Harlow, head of the OCC ornamental horticulture department. Click image to enlarge Photo by Alletta Cooper Seedling “ghost chili” plants, the world’s hottest pepper, are available for sale. Joe Stead, a part time horticulture instructor, started growing the plant for himself about a year ago. More seeds have since come on the market so it was decided to include the pepper in this year’s sale. “A lot of people like to really shop, they like to come and learn and the serious gardeners like to see new things so we try to provide them with that,” Harlow said. The heat of a pepper is measured in scoville units and the ghost chili has 1 million scoville units, compared to the habanero’s 500, Harlow said. Sources:
