Hot pepper seeds «Trinidad scorpion chocolate»

Hot pepper (bitter) «Trinidad scorpion chocolate» - is a super hot pepper native to the island of Trinidad in the northeast of Venezuela. Peppers have a wrinkled appearance, a round shape, and a dark chocolate color. At the tip of each pepper there is a pointed «sting», hence the name «scorpion».

This chili pepper was voted the hottest chili pepper in the world in 2012! Use gloves when handling these peppers and beware of eating them raw!

In its homeland, the Trinidad Scorpion is used in the military industry to produce tear gas. Also, capsaicin obtained from it is added to the paint that covers the bottoms of ships to protect against shellfish. Lovers of super spicy sensations make sauces with the addition of this pepper and grind it into powder, which is used in very small quantities.

And to prepare a sauce using this pepper, you need protective equipment: a mask, gloves. Chefs claim that numbness in the hands lasts for about two days after cooking.

The height of a plant in a greenhouse can reach from 1 to 1,7 meters. The period from planting to ripening is from 120 days, depending on the weather. Basically it is unpretentious and productive. It can be grown in flower pots as a perennial.

Genus: capsicum chinense (quinense)
Taste: from 1 200 000 to 2 000 000. according to the Scoville scale. It's 180 times hotter than a jalapeno!