
The Carolina Reaper was certified as the world's hottest chili pepper by the Guinness World Records in the year 2013.
It is claimed to be an unstable three-way hybrid produced from the Naga Morich (a chili pepper cultivated in North East India), the Bhut jolokia (an interspecific hybrid chili pepper cultivated in the Northeast Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland and Manipur) and the Trinidad scorpion. The Naga Viper was created by an English chilli farmer. And, the crossbreed may have an Indian connection, too. The Carolina Reaper is said to be a cross between Sweet Habanero and Naga Viper chillies. Scoville test is used to examine the hotness of the alkaloid enzyme that gives chillies their pungency. Whereas, jalapeno peppers score between 2,500 to 8,000 SHU. Grown by a producer in South Carolina, Carolina Reaper rates at an average of 1,641,183 Scoville Heat Units (SHU). The Carolina Reaper was named as the hottest pepper on Earth by Guinness World Records in the year 2013. The doctors diagnosed him with a temporary brain condition called "reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome" (RCVS), which causes temporary narrowing of blood vessels to the brain. It is reported that the 34-year old's symptoms began with dry heaves almost immediately after participation in a hot pepper contest where he ate one Carolina Reaper.
This high-profile case had to compel doctors to issue a chilli warning in America. The man complained of crushing headache and neck pain for several days, each of which lasted for a few seconds. március 13.The internet can't seem to have enough of the man who suffered intense 'thunderclap' headaches after biting into world's hottest pepper, Carolina Reaper.
↑ a b Carolina Reaper - HP22B - World's Hottest Chiles (amerikai angol nyelven). ↑ Smithers, Rebecca: UK shoppers to feel the heat as world's strongest chilli hits the high street. ↑ Wong, James: Gardens: the hottest chilli ever grown. március 13.) „Ed created this chile plant variety by crossing a Ghost pepper (Bhut Jolokia) with a Red Habanero type from St Vincents Island in the West Indies.” ↑ Duffy, Jim (Habanero): Carolina Reaper. ↑ Tu, Chau: Eating the 'Carolina Reaper' pepper is 'like eating molten lava'. „ World's hottest pepper is grown in South Carolina”, Associated Press, 2013. Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry 2015, 102125. ↑ (2015) „Determination of Polyphenols, Capsaicinoids, and Vitamin C in New Hybrids of Chili Peppers”. ↑ Confirmed: Smokin Ed's Carolina Reaper sets new record for hottest chilli. március 13.) „Smokin’ Ed gained the pepper industry’s attention in November 2011 when an NPR Reporter stopped by to eat an HP22B pepper–now known as Smokin’ Ed’s Carolina Reaper®.” Ha teljesen érett, általában körülbelül akkora, mint egy ping-pong labda. Az első harapáskor édes, amely azonnal "olvadt lávába" csap át. A növény számára szükséges hőmérséklet legalább 18-20 ☌. Wong javaslata alapján 30–40 cm átmérőjű cserépbe kell ültetni, hogy korlátozva legyen a növekedése és hamarabb teremjen. Īz angol James Wong etnobotanikus szerint "átlagos növény, otthoni kipróbálásra alkalmas". A "Reaper" (Kaszás) nevet a "farkának" a formájáról kapta. Īz eredeti keresztezett fajták a Bhut jolokia (a korábbi világcsúcstartó), valamint egy piros habanero voltak. A legcsípősebb darab csípőssége 2,2 millió SHU volt. A Fort Mill-i PuckerButt Pepper Company tulajdonosa, "Smokin" Ed Currie nemesítette Rock Hill-i, Dél-Karolinai üvegházában. A hivatalos Guinness World Record szerint átlagos csípőssége 1,569,300 SHU, melyet a Winthrop Egyetem 2013-ban végzett vizsgálata állapított meg. Csípősség Ī Carolina Reaper csípősségét a kapszaicin mennyisége adja, ezt a Scoville-skálával mérik. 2013-ban a Guinness World Records a világ legcsípősebb paprikájaként jegyezte be, megelőzve a korábbi rekordert, a Trinidad Scorpion "Butch T"-t. A paprika piros, göcsörtös, kis hegyes farokkal. A Carolina Reaper (eredetileg HP22B) a Capsicum chinense paprika egy termesztett változata.