ZonaOrganik.Com - Organic Gardening - Growing Chili Organically - Trinidad Scorpion Butch Taylor - How does it feel stung by a scorpion? Such was the spicy chili Trinidad Scorpion. Trinidad Scorpion is derived from the Caribbean island of Trinidad in the Northeast of Venezuela. This chili hotter than Bhut Jolokia and Naga Chilli.
Varian Trinidad Scorpion Butch Taylor is the holder of the Guinness World Record at the end of March 2011 as the world's hottest chilli pungency level 1,460,000 SHU (Scoville Heat Units).
Compare this with the usual chili which only about 60,000 SHU!
The Trinidad scorpion 'Butch T' pepper is a Capsicum chinense cultivar that is among the most piquant peppers.
It is derived from the Trinidad scorpion, which is indigenous to Trinidad and Tobago. It was named by Neil Smith from The Hippy Seed Company, after he got the seeds originally from Butch Taylor, the owner of Zydeco Farms in Woodville/Crosby, Mississippi, and a hot sauce company, who is responsible for propagating the pepper's seeds.
The "scorpion" peppers are referred to as such because the pointed end of the pepper is said to resemble a scorpion's stinger.
The Trinidad scorpion Butch Taylor pepper was, for three years, ranked as 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.
In 2012, Guinness World Records recognized the Carolina Reaper as the hottest pepper in the world, peaking at approximately 2,200,000 SHU. The secret to the heat, according to the creators, is fertilizing the soil with the liquid runoff of a worm farm.
We plant Trinidad Scorpion Butch Taylor organically. We do not use chemical pesticides and prefer organic pest control and the use of predatory insects.
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