The Total Capsaicin Index

Examination of LOF competitions     Dear Friend! Honestly, I need to tell you something after my previous post. It is a true confession… In fact I am a Sith. Or at least I really feel like being a Sith when writing about my favorite topic of chili peppers… Publicating observations…

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Uncle Scoville, Uncle Scoville! You meant well!

  I finished my previous post at measuring hotness using the HPLC method, where we had the result in mg/kg ratio, and we can use the Scoville test to have the result in SHU units. I prefer the second one, because one can only meet SHU numbers in terms of…

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