The Trinidad Scorpion Butch T Chile Pepper

The previous hottest was the naga bhut jolokia pepper.

The trinidad scorpion butch t chile pepper. It is one of the spiciest chilies in the world. The trinidad moruga scorpion is the worlds hottest chili now. It was eventually surpassed in heat by the trinidad moruga scorpion and then again by the carolina reaper which is currently the hottest chili pepper in the world officially according to the guinness world records. The butch t is a strain of the flaming trinidad scorpion pepper with roots in the united states australia and trinidad and was listed at the hottest pepper in the world briefly in 2011.

It is indigenous to trinidad and tobago. I m not sure where the butch t ranks now. Scoville seth and bhut jolukeia take on a whole trinidad scorpion butch t pepper. 800 000 1 463 700 shu.

Trinidad moruga scorpion native to the district of moruga in trinidad and tobago this pepper is ranked as the second spiciest chili in the world one level behind the carolina reaper which is. 1 in 2012 new mexico state university s chile pepper institute identified the trinidad moruga scorpion as the hottest chili at that time with heat of 1 2 million scoville heat units shus. The trinidad moruga scorpion capsicum chinense is a chili pepper native to the village of moruga trinidad and tobago. Scoville heat units shu.

Unless i have misunderstood the title of this post. The trinidad scorpion butch t is a different pepper to the trinidad moruga scorpion. The trinidad scorpion butch t pepper is a capsicum chinense cultivar that is among the most piquant peppers in the world. Approximately 1 to 2 inches long bulbous pock marked.

The scorpion peppers are referred to as such because the pointed end of the pepper is said to resemble a scorpion s stinger. It was named by neil smith from the hippy seed company after he got the seeds originally from butch taylor who is responsible for propagating the pepper s seeds.