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Carolina Reaper
title: Pepper X text: Pepper X Pepper X is a cultivar of "Capsicum" chili pepper bred by Ed Currie, creator of the Carolina Reaper. Pepper X resulted from multiple cross breedings which produced an exceptionally high content of capsaicin in the locules of the pepper. Pepper X was made into a sauce for the YouTube series "Hot Ones". Currie stated that it is "two times as hot as the Carolina Reaper" which would make it the hottest pepper in the world with a Scoville scale of 3.18 million units, but this is unconfirmed by the Guinness World Records. The Pepper X is the pepper title: Trinidad Scorpion Butch T pepper text: was, for three years, ranked the most pungent ("hot") pepper in the world according to "Guinness World Records". A laboratory test conducted in March 2011 measured a specimen at 1,463,700 Scoville heat units, officially ranking it the hottest pepper in the world at that time. One possible secret to the chili's heat, according to a cultivator of the pepper, is fertilizing the soil with the liquid runoff of a worm farm. In August 2013, Guinness World Records recognized the Carolina Reaper as the hottest pepper in the world, at 1,569,300 SHU. Trinidad Scorpion Butch T pepper The Trinidad scorpion pepper title: Carolina Reaper text: a Naga pepper from Pakistan , and is named 'Reaper' due to the shape of its tail. It has been described as having a fruity taste, with the initial bite being sweet and then immediately turning to "molten lava". In May 2017, Mike Smith of St Asaph working with Nottingham Trent University claimed to have surpassed the Carolina Reaper with his Dragon's Breath pepper, reported to be 2.4 million SHUs, and applied to "Guinness World Records" for confirmation. As of September 2017, the hottest chili pepper known was Pepper X, having a reported Scoville scale of 3.18 million units. In title: Carolina Reaper text: Carolina Reaper The Carolina Reaper, originally named the HP22B, is a cultivar of the "Capsicum chinense" plant. The pepper is red and gnarled, with a small pointed tail. In 2012, "Guinness World Records" declared it the hottest chili pepper in the world, surpassing the previous record holder, the Trinidad Scorpion "Butch T". Certain varieties are claimed to be spicier, but are not confirmed by Guinness. The sensory heat or pungency detected when consuming a Carolina Reaper derives from the density of capsaicinoids, particularly capsaicin, which relates directly to intensity of chili pepper heat and Scoville scale. Bred in a Rock title: Carolina Reaper text: Hill, South Carolina greenhouse by "Smokin" Ed Currie, proprietor of the PuckerButt Pepper Company in Fort Mill, the Carolina Reaper was certified as the world's hottest chili pepper by the Guinness World Records since August 7, 2013. The official Guinness World Record heat level was 1,569,300 Scoville Heat Units (SHU) in 2013, according to tests conducted by Winthrop University in South Carolina. The figure is an average for the tested batch; the hottest individual pepper was measured at 2.2 million SHU. The crossbreed is between a "really nastily hot" La Soufriere pepper from the Caribbean island of St. Vincent and