

TASTE: Typically superhots have chemical undertones, as if you can actually taste the capsaicin. You can clearly see the variance in shapes. The below photos are all from the same plant. I gentleman was kind enough to send me photos of his Reaper crop. Check out the photos below of various Carolina Reapers. But some Reapers do look more like Ghost Peppers.

Most images you will see of the Carolina Reaper have the distinctive lobes and the stinger tail. SHAPE: So the look of these fruits kinda tends to be all over the place. Recently, there has been some debate over whether the Carolina Reaper is genetically distinct from the Trinidad 7-Pot Primo strain, another hybrid species which is very similar in heat level and appearance. He found that indigenous populations from around the world who eat hot peppers with meals have extremely small instances of these diseases, prompting his focus on peppers as a delicious and healthy food staple. It is, to date, the world’s hottest hybrid pepper.Įd Currie began growing peppers because of his interest in the health benefits of hot peppers, born from his family’s history of early death from heart disease and cancer. The original cross was between two former world record holders, the ghost pepper and a Red Savina Habanero. Originally named the “HP22BNH7”, bred by cultivator Ed Currie, who runs PuckerButt Pepper Company in Fort Mill, South Carolina. As of August, 2013, Guinness World Records stated that Smokin’ Ed’s Carolina Reaper® is officially the world’s hottest chile pepper.
