Well, we have a new hottest pepper! 18 people showed up last night for hot pepper night. We tried some new chocolate Moruga scorpions and compared them to 7 pod Douglah, which is also a chocolate pepper. The choc. Moruga was plain tasting and not impressive at all. The Douglah has a very unique taste and was about 30% hotter tasting.
We compared the new Bhutlah with the Carolina Reaper, which is currently the formal world record holder, and the 7 pod Primo, which is my personal favorite for taste and heat, and the group has already determined is 10% hotter than the reaper. The heat beat both of them by at least 10% and even though it is hard to compare the taste of a red and a chocolate pepper, pretty much everyone said the others tasted plain compared to the Bhutlah. Seeds are not available of this new unstable hybrid and may not be for years, but I will be extracting seeds from the bumpiest looking pods, and will grow a good as mount of plants for next season. I will throw away the inferior plants and keep the ones that have the hottest, best tasting and good form pods. Might have to grow 50 plants to get 5 good ones but that is the way breeding goes. Tom
