Chili Pepper Varieties

Heat Scale of Chili Peppers “The Hippy Seed Company’s Heat Scale” Why are chilies hot? What causes your eyes to water, your nose to run, and your mouth to feel like it’s on fire? It is not the seeds but the capsaicin – the chili oil. At The Hippy Seed Company, we have created a […]

The World’s Hottest Chili Carolina Reaper is the New Record-Holder On November 19, 2013, the Carolina Reaper achieved the title of the world’s hottest chili. It was measured at an astounding 1,569,300 Scoville Heat Units (SHU). This surpassed the previous record holder, the Butch T Scorpion, which had a SHU of 1,463,700. From March 1, […]