To give you an idea of how hot the is compared to other common peppers. A bell pepper has a SHU of 0 as it has no heat. A common jalapeño has a SHU of around 2,500 - 6,000 SHU. Whereas habanero peppers range anywhere from 100,000 to 350,000 SHU.
7 Pot Brain Strain Peppers are large-sized peppers with a bright red appearance. They commonly feature evil-looking bumps on the outside. The placenta which surrounds the seeds is very fleshy and encompasses a large portion of the inside of the pepper.
The most pungent (spiciest) part of the pepper is in the inside placenta portion of the peppers, especially around the seeds. We highly recommend you have a milk product containing casein handy nearby and only try a small amount of the pepper flakes to get a feel for how hot it is. Casein in milk products acts as a detergent to help wash away the capsaicin in the peppers and ease the pain. Water will not help and acts only to spread the capsaicin.
Late February - Early November.
Chile peppers contain a high amount of vitamin C. Almost twice the number of citrus fruits.
Mexican Dishes
Chili
Super spicy dips
Add heat to any meal.
Commonly used in pepper eating contests and food eating challenges.
- Adds vibrant color to a dish that is more visible as compared to the powder.
- Works great in pizza and pasta meals.
- Cheaper to ship than whole peppers as there is less volume.
- Less likely to get airborne compared to which can cause extreme irritation when cooking and shaking out the powder.
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- Pure, no additives.
- Ships in a high-quality spice jar with a sealed sifter flip top.
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Frequently Asked Questions about 7 Pot Brain Strain Peppers
How hot are 7-Pot Brain Strain Peppers?
This pepper is probably a close relative to the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion. It measures around the 1,000,000 mark on the Scoville Scale. David Capiello brought the seeds of one of these peppers from Trinidad to the United States for the first time in 2010. Unlike other peppers on the list, the 7-Pot Brain Strain is not a hybrid. It is the product of selective breeding where the original breeders collected chili pods that had the characteristics they wanted for this special pepper.
What do 7-Pot Brain Strain peppers looks like?
The 7-Pot Brain Strain is rounder and squattier than many of the other peppers on the list. In fact, it looks a little bit like a brain. Like most of the other hot peppers, it is most commonly bright red, but you can also find yellow 7-Pot Brain Strains.
