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What makes it special?
A legend among superhots. Bhut Jolokia comes from northeastern India and became known worldwide as Ghost Pepper or Ghost Chilli. At around a million Scoville, it's still one of the extremely hot chillies today.
Despite its enormous heat, Bhut Jolokia has its own fruity, aromatic profile. In the kitchen, the smallest amounts are enough for intense chilli sauces, ferments or powder.
We grow Bhut Jolokia ourselves in Illmitz and process the fruit into our pure Bhut Jolokia chilli powder, among other things, and into Karibisches Feuer.
Flavour & Use
Bhut Jolokia is extremely hot and a clear heat 10+++ variety. Typical measured values sit roughly between 800,000 and just over 1,000,000 Scoville Heat Units; one well-known scientific study found around 1,001,304 SHU.
Beneath the heat is a fruity, aromatic chilli character. The tiniest amounts are enough for very hot sauces, ferments, curries, or for drying and grinding.
Fruit & Plant
Bhut Jolokia belongs to Capsicum chinense and produces elongated, heavily wrinkled to crinkled fruit. It ripens from green to red and is usually around 5–8 cm long.
The plant grows vigorously, bushy and well-branched. Depending on location and growing conditions, it reaches around 80–120 cm. As a classic superhot variety, it needs plenty of warmth and a long season before the fruit fully ripens.
Growing & Care
For Bhut Jolokia, we recommend a full-sun, very warm and sheltered spot. In our climate, a greenhouse or polytunnel is especially worthwhile, since the variety ripens late and benefits from a long, warm season.
In a pot, we recommend at least 8 litres, ideally 10 litres of soil volume; 15–20 litres is ideal if you have the space. Use a nutrient-rich, well-draining substrate, water evenly and avoid waterlogging.
Feed regularly and moderately during growth and fruiting. Bhut Jolokia is frost-sensitive but can be overwintered frost-free and grown as a multi-year plant.
Variety Data
Botanical species: Capsicum chinense
Origin: northeastern India
Other names: Ghost Pepper / Naga Jolokia
Heat: extremely hot
Scoville: approx. 800,000–1,050,000 SHU
Flavour: fruity, aromatic
Fruit colour: green → red
Fruit size: approx. 5–8 cm
Fruit shape: elongated, heavily wrinkled to crinkled
Plant height: approx. 80–120 cm, depending on location and growing conditions
Growth: vigorous, bushy and well-branched
Ripening time: late
Position: full sun, very warm and sheltered
Suitable for: pot, greenhouse, polytunnel and very sheltered outdoor spots
Pot size: at least 8 litres, ideally 10 litres; 15–20 litres ideal
Use: extremely hot chilli sauces, fermentation, drying and powder, keeping elephants away ;-)
Overwintering: possible frost-free
Special feature: former Guinness world record holder, world-famous as Ghost Pepper
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Bhut Jolokia - Chilli Plant
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Bhut Jolokia – Ghost Pepper with around 1 million Scoville
The Bhut Jolokia plant is one of the most famous superhot chillies in the world. Originating from northeastern India, the variety became known as Ghost Pepper and reaches around a million Scoville. You'll also find it among our super hot chilli plants (heat level 10+++).
How hot is Bhut Jolokia?
Bhut Jolokia sits at around 800,000–1,050,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU). One well-known scientific measurement found around 1,001,304 SHU. That makes Ghost Pepper, or Ghost Chilli, a chilli for true chiliheads even long after its former world record.
Ghost Pepper: extreme heat with its own aroma
Bhut Jolokia isn't just hot. Beneath the enormous capsaicin effect is a fruity, aromatic character, which you'll also find in our Bhut Jolokia chilli powder. Even very small amounts are enough to season with.
Bhut Jolokia from our chilli farm
We grow Bhut Jolokia ourselves in Illmitz. Alongside our pure powder, the variety also goes into Karibisches Feuer, where it joins Carolina Reaper and Trinidad Scorpion Moruga for uncompromising heat.
Growing and overwintering a Ghost Pepper plant
Botanically, Bhut Jolokia belongs to Capsicum chinense. The vigorous, bushy, branching plant reaches around 80–120 cm and forms heavily wrinkled fruit of 5–8 cm that ripens from green to red. Because it ripens late, a greenhouse or polytunnel is especially worthwhile in our climate. In a pot, we recommend at least 8 litres, better 10 litres; 15–20 litres is ideal. The variety is frost-sensitive but can be overwintered frost-free and grown for several years – how that works is shown in our guide to overwintering chillies.
Bhut Jolokia or Carolina Reaper?
If you'd like to go even further into the world of superhots, you can compare Bhut Jolokia directly with the Carolina Reaper. Both need plenty of warmth and a long season; the Carolina Reaper sits noticeably higher again in heat.
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