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Default The Hottest Chilli?

Dragonblaze wrote:

> On 15 Aug, 23:40, Corey Richardson > wrote:
>
>>Some WWW sites say that the Red Savina is the hottest. Some say the
>>Habanero, Scotch bonnet or sometimes the Naga Jolokia.
>>
>>So what really *is* the hottest chilli?

>
>
> Dorset Naga. It rates 923,000 scovies.
>
> Here's a list of hot chillies:
>
> Dorset Naga: 923,000
>
> Red Savina habanero: 577,000
>
> Scotch bonnet: 100,000-325,000
>
> Jamaican hot pepper: 100,000-200,000
>
> Cayenne pepper: 30,000-50,000
>
> Jalapeno pepper: 2,500-8,000
>
> Dragonblaze


According to this morning's Daily Mail the Dorset Naga is rated at 1.6
million units. Tesco are selling them im 10 gram sachets.