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Old September 9, 2017   #1
ScottinAtlanta
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Default My Yellow 7 Pot Brain Strain

A large and frightening pepper. Weighs in at 1.2 million Scovilles.
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I like those a lot, almost as much as the TS Moruga Yellow.

The 7potBSRed has a nice fruity tone to it.
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Is there a way to determine scovilles in a pepper you grow yourself? or is this some scientific measurement that no one can do on their own other than to taste and die?
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No idea, but good question. I normally eat a sliver and gauge the intensity of the heat.
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Gotta swim in the deep end. I normally pop it open and inhale deeply, then swipe along tongue just to get a feel for slugging percentage. Chewing on them can be a trial, although it is transient. In 10 mins you're back to baseline.

And you can skip the Claritin
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The deep end.
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Is there a way to determine scovilles in a pepper you grow yourself? or is this some scientific measurement that no one can do on their own other than to taste and die?
Nope. Taste and hope you don't die.

SHU is measured nowadays with a mass spectrometer, but there's still a controversy about what you measure: a single pod? samples of a single crop? samples of the variety from several locations? one year?

The touch-to-tongue method is more meaningful anyway.
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