Bhut Jolokia, Red

Red Bhut

Capsicum chinense

Bhut Jolokia

Background

The Bhut Jolokia is native to Assam India, but possibly from neighboring regions as well. The Bhut is considered a Capsicum chinense, but it is suspected to contain some Capsicum frutesens dna too. At one time it held the world record for hottest pepper, at just over 1,000,000 Scovilles. Most bhuts are not hot, usually falling in the 400K – 800K range.

Notes

Pod weight: 6.5 grams
Amount eaten: 1/2 pod
Heat: 7
Flavor:  7 – Bhut like
Burn Profile: Mostly overall mouth
Effects: None
Cap Cramps: None

Review

My friend Phillip and I split this pepper. After reviewing the video, I think I may have inadvertently given him the hotter looking piece. Maybe they were about the same though, I don’t know. the flavor had a little bit of bitterness up front, but really wasn’t bad. It had a good overall mouth burn, with the signature bhut flavor. I had no ill effects afterward.

Video

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Video Transcript

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Hi this is Peter Stanley, welcome to my channel

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today we’re going to

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this my friend Phillip, he’s a

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guest reviewer

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we’re going to both share this

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ghost pepper, bhut jolokia

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it was grown by

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sent to me by Jesus Rosario from Puerto Rico

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from what I’ve read, the Bhut Jolokia

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is native to India, or

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specifically Assam, but

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it’s probably from other regions of India as well

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or grows there

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I’ve read that it’s possibly hybridized with a Capsicum frutescens, but it

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it’s considered a Capsicum chinense

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it’s used to be a world record holder

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for a

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there was one that measured over 1,000,000 Scovilles

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but typically they don’t get quite that hot

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so I’m gonna go ahead and

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let me go ahead and weigh this real quick

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see what we got here

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6.5 grams

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how it looks

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pretty thin walled

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lot of

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some oil

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good amount of placenta

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and, what are your thoughts on it

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it’s definitely got that signature

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gonna be really hot smell to it

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yeah

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pop some seeds out

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you want me to get some seeds out of yours

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sure

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so we’re each gonna do half a pod

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ready

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yup

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definitely up front bitterness

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yeah

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it’s hard to describe, it’s got a

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I mean bhuts have a specific flavor

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almost kind of earthy but

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feel a little burn down through my chest

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good mouth burn

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definitely living up to the heat

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mmmm hmm

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got a lot of salivation going on

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eyes watering a little bit

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hope we don’t have any cap cramps later

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how’s your stomach?

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good so far

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ahh that was hot

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has it peaked for you?

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yeah

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it’s startin to work it’s way back down

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or maybe not

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still getting a lot of kind of tongue burn

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roof of my mouth kind of

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oh yeah

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yeah, it’s pretty hot

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definitely

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want to call it?

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yeah

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alright, so that was a Bhut Jolokia

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taste test

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hope you liked that

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Thanks for watching

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