Naga Morich - It appears they really are the worlds hottest pepper!

The Naga Morich Pepper has become synomous with thechileman site after we questioned whether the Red Savina Habanero really was the worlds hottest pepper as claimed in the Guinness Book of World Records.

We have grown both varieties for a number of years and although your taste buds can tell you one thing (they say - 'I want to die' when you eat even the smallest slither of a Naga Morich), without any scientific analysis is impossible to provide firm evidence to convince the many sceptics.

As we did't have the scientifc background, nor the sophisticated equipment to test whether the Naga Morich really is as hot as our taste buds were telling us, earlier in the year we decided to send some of our seeds to two of the world renowned pepper experts - Dr Paul Bosland of the New Mexico State Universities Chile Pepper Institute and Dave Dewitt, the self claimed pope of peppers.


Well they have investigated & tested several sources of Naga seeds and their conclusions have finally been released.

In summary, it appears our tastebuds really weren't lying with the Naga's they tested registering a mind blowing 1,001,304 SHU, 4 times hotter than the Red Savinas they also tested. Now thats scary!!!! Check out the full reports on the links below:

http://www.fiery-foods.com/dave/profile_jolokia.asp

http://www.fiery-foods.com/dave/sagajolokia.asp

By the way, we have no intention of filing 'our Nagas' under the Plant Variety Protection (PVP) Act in an attempt to prevent chileheads around the world from legally obtaining original seeds. Indeed, we are keen to support good quality seeds companys would can distribute seeds to enthusiasts so that they can grow them out themselves. Check out our Naga Morich page for details or where we recommend you buy your Naga Morich, Bhut seeds & Bih Jolokia seeds