Chili pepper lovers are the masochists of the food world. Their need to be hurt and punished by the very pungent pods they worship sometimes borders on the extreme. We’ve all seen the the signs ...

At the time this pepper was tested for the Scoville scale, the Red Savina (see below) was the hottest pepper in the world, and the bhut jolokia was found to be nearly twice as hot as that.

scientists say the pepper has beaten Mexico’s Red Savina Habanero, widely acclaimed as the hottest chili pepper in the world. Tezpur lies on the banks of the river Brahmaputra about 112 miles ...