So today I was at a hot peppers farm as I love spicy and I usually collect seeds to plant some interesting hot peppers as an amateur.
Well, I was shocked to discover that there's this pepper called Dragon's breath that it's advised not to consume as it can be very dangerous, for it is rated from 2.000.000SHU to 3.100.000SHU aprox.
I thought the record for most spicy natural hot pepper was the Bhut Jolokia with 1.100.000SHU and the latest hottest crossbred pepper to win a record Guinness was the Pepper X with 2.600.000SHU.
So my genuine question is, why if the Dragon's Breath is apparently spicier than the last two mentioned, doesn't hold any record Guinness?
Is it really that spicy? And if it is, is it dangerous for us humans to consume?
I took a pepper and I'm super scared to even open it with protection to collect the seeds. Anyone with experience handling this pepper or similars that could give me some tips?
I've handled Carolina reapers, bhut Jolokias and Moruga Scorpions before but still… I feel a little unsure about how to proceed with this one.
Thank you 🙂
by blue_velv3tt
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My understanding is that it has not gone through any formal testing, so the actual scoville range is an estimate and not official.
I’ve had it, I think it’s delicious… but it definitely has its place amongst the superhots.
I don’t have the experience to really comment, but I have Dragon’s Breath pepper flakes that I’ve eaten. They’re not noticeably hotter than Reaper stuff or my 7-Pot Primo powder. All of them have a mellow burn in the mouth, then wreck my insides, all the same.
Because pepper X SHU rating represents the average SHU of the pepper, not the maximum SHU ever measured.
Reds always test the hottest, although Browns tend to hurt the most imo.
First off, never seen a yellow dragons breath. The normal strain is deep red.
The “it’s dangerous” stuff is over hyped. If you have a heart or respiratory condition, there’s a very small chance of danger. For people in decent health the actual danger is 0.
That said, they hurt. I’ve had hot sauces (using extracts) in the 7 million Scoville range. They hurt, sure, but it won’t kill you.
I am currently growing dragons breath peppers. Have for a few years now. They are very hot, but I find their heat inconsistent. Reapers seem more reliably “super hot”.
I’m pretty sure pepper x is still the hottest
I’ve never encountered Pepper X, but Dragon’s Breath is the hottest I’ve come by. Reapers have a sort of build up to a crescendo in the heat, DB was a 60 second delay then straight up mind numbing fire. Literally could not feel my mouth/face for a little over 30 minutes after consuming a good bit of the powder.
I workshopped a “Heat Challenge” for my friend’s restaurant where they coat a Nashville tender in reaper, Trinidad Muraga, and finally Dragon’s Breath. I brought my friend from Thailand and my older brother from ABQ who has been growing super hots for a decade.
It absolutely devastated all of us. And their normal “flammable solid” (reaper plus Trinidad Muraga) never hit me like this one did.
I have a grinder with dried dragons breath great flavor extremely spicy goes great in some shin ramen
Smokin’ Ed probably already has 3 distinct varieties of hotter peppers he hasn’t dropped yet.