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Carolina Reaper (apparently the hottest pepper in the world)
- peter_d_sherman 6y ago>"The Carolina Reaper is a cultivar of the Capsicum chinense plant.[1] Developed by South Carolina breeder Ed Currie, the pepper is red and gnarled, with a bumpy texture and small pointed tail. In 2017, Guinness World Records declared it the hottest chili pepper in the world, surpassing the previous record holder, the Trinidad Scorpion "Butch T".[2]" [...] "Scoville scale: 1,569,300 on average SHU" Related: Scoville Scale: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoville_scale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoville_scale