Jolokia's around here are stupidly expensive, Orange Habs are not. They're actually very cheap when bought in bulk. Yes, we use many pounds of them to make the original serum, and then through many distillations, and the use of liquid CO2 as a shock catalyst, as well as a few "ancient Chinese secrets", we reduce it down much further. This stuff was never meant to be made in very large quantities, as it was orginally done just for fun, as I've always been a tinkerer in various dangerous chemical "things". We offer as much as we can at one time. The last ZERO release, over a year ago, the Batch #4, we went through over a gallon of it into the collectors bottles, that took numerous months to make. Back to the original question, it comes down to price for raw materials. Also, in my personal opinion, I really don't like the taste of the Jolokia's, and fear they would add some of that "flavor" to our creation. The ZERO has virtually no taste whatsoever, except for a trace of sweetness left behind by the Orange Habanero.
To answer your question Stillmanz, our setup looks like something out of a Dr. Moreau lab. It's a very "different" looking setup, and one that only a select few have ever seen. In the creation of the Batch #4, I sustained a rather large injury that caused a 8 inch oval to be cryoburned (frostbite) on my lower left arm, due to a malfunctioning o-ring on the CO2 setup. It was quite interesting explaining it to the triage doctor at the hospital. The doctor was actually coughing when I sat down next to him, from the small amounts of Habanero dust that I still had on me. That being said, I've seen numerous ways written on how to extract the good stuff out of a pepper, however, I highly advise you know what you are doing before you set out doing it.