We are located in Somerset West in the Western Cape, and you are welcome to collect your order in person, once your order is processed. Simply select the pickup option at the checkout. You will be notified once your order is ready.
Clocking in at up to a massive 1,041,427 SHUs, these chillies should be treated with caution! Bhut Jolokia's are a hybrid of Capsicum chinense and Capsicum frutescens.
In 2000, India's Defence Research Laboratory (DRL) reported a Scoville rating of 855,000 SHUs, and in 2004 a rating of 1,041,427 SHUs was made using HPLC analysis. For comparison, Tabasco red pepper sauce rates at 5000–10,000, and pure capsaicin (the chemical responsible for the "burn") rates at 16,000,000 SHUs.
(C. chinense with some C. frutescens genes)
Good question... Now how many other seed sellers do you know who actually grow and test their products? Not many at all. Most sellers simply buy in bulk and on-sell to you. How do you know what you are buying until it's months down the line and then too late!
We buy parent stock from a reputable overseas supplier and then we grow the plants and harvest the seeds. Only after testing germination levels of these seeds do we then sell on to you.
So buy from us and buy with confidence.
We are located in Somerset West in the Western Cape, and you are welcome to collect your order in person, once your order is processed. Simply select the pickup option at the checkout. You will be notified once your order is ready.