The peppers are left on the plants to fully develop before harvesting and have a moderate to hot level of spice, ranging 50,000-100,000 SHU on the Scoville scale. Red Thai chile peppers are often used as a garnish and are used whole or minced to flavor sauces, oils, and pastes. ...
Capsicum annuum Heat rating in Scovilles: 50000 – 100000 There is no single “Thai pepper” though most candidates for the title are small in size and high in heat. There are at least 79 separate varieties, some include Bird’s Eye Chili, Bird’s Chili, Peri-Peri, Thai Hot. All Thai...
The Scoville Organoleptic Test measures the number of times that an extract of the chili being tested must be diluted with a sugar-water solution before the spicy capsaicin (the spicy element in the chili fruit) cannot be tasted. The hotter the chili, the more sugar-water solution is needed ...
We can measure the heat of chilies in units called Scoville Heat Units (SHU). The world's hottest chili is the Carolina Reaper. It sometimes measures up to 2 million SHU! Eating a hot chili can be painful, but some people really like to eat them. Recently, Anandi...