Scott Takes 16 Million SHU Pure Capsaicin on Blotter Paper

Scott Roberts November 7, 2011 at 10:15 pm food video Digg this Article

Johnny McLaughlin of Heartbreaking Dawns Sauces and Seasonings was brainstorming a safe way to experience the taste and heat of pure crystal capsaicin (16 million Scoville Heat Units) in effective quantities. Here is his experiment....Blotter Paper. Johnny ordered up some collectible blotter designs from a source in the UK (Note these are collectibles that are not intended for or have ever been used for anything illegal) and took 30 G of pure crystal and let it break down in 1.5 pints of alcohol. The blotter sheets soaked overnight and layed out on a drying rack. The concept is that the alcohol would evaporate, leaving the crystal imbedded in the 100 per sheet individual hits. So did it work? YES...

Johnny sent the capsaicin-encrusted blotter paper sheets out to several chileheads to try, including myself. I tried a total of 20 squares to see what kind of burn it would put on my tongue. Here are the results, which include some coughing and reflex gagging...

Comments

johnny
2011-11-08 00:14:20

Great clip Scott...pretty brave too! I think one thing that i did different was too treat the blotter like a lozenze of sorts. Sucking on it a bit a getting that saliva around helps disperse and break up the crystal that's in the paper.

Derrick Wood
2011-11-08 02:27:24

This was actually a lot of fun to watch! I have some coming to and can't wait to try it.

Candice
2011-11-08 03:08:52

You were brave to try it Scott! Maybe a shot of whisky swished around afterwards would do the trick, might dissolve it and spread the heat! Any side effects the next day?

Steve
2011-11-08 06:26:09

WOW. Thats all I got.

AMMOND
2011-11-08 09:13:00

Gotta chomp on it! 16 doesn't break down with saliva to well. Drop them in a shot like candice said and shoot it!

Ol' Benito
2011-11-09 07:36:18

Now that is a cool idea!

John
2011-11-10 23:41:12

The brown capsaisin that is circulating around us is not too good. It's suggested that you do stay away from that.

It's your own trip, so be my guest, but there is a warning on that.one, OK?

Jim at HotSauceAddicts.com
2011-11-13 18:11:05

Over the PA system to the crowd: Don't take the brown capsaicin, man!

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