Hello all.
I am a curious person, so after some googling and reading I decided to see what the results would be if I tried to extract Capsaicin from around 2kg's of last year's Bhut, Bih, Naga etc etc pods that have been frozen down. The process wasn't really that hard - and I've popped it up on my site if anyone cares to have a look, but the result
wow!!!! holy sh!t!! - the burn is like nothing I have ever experienced, and I am guessing that I am diluting around 10:1 or so, as I extracted a thick resin. Pic and link below.
I assume that this will make a fine sauce, but just one bit on the tip of a cocktail stick produces a burn like no other.
For any fellow South Africans who have access to Blitz or Mampoer (home made hooch around 90+% alcohol) use it. The fruity smell is amazing!!
http://www.mrchilli..../capsaicin.html
Edit: The total amount of resin was around 3/4 teaspoon, and I diluted it just to get the stuff off the spoon. I would guess around 30ml's or so alcohol to around 3-4ml's of resin in te pic above.
I am a curious person, so after some googling and reading I decided to see what the results would be if I tried to extract Capsaicin from around 2kg's of last year's Bhut, Bih, Naga etc etc pods that have been frozen down. The process wasn't really that hard - and I've popped it up on my site if anyone cares to have a look, but the result
wow!!!! holy sh!t!! - the burn is like nothing I have ever experienced, and I am guessing that I am diluting around 10:1 or so, as I extracted a thick resin. Pic and link below.I assume that this will make a fine sauce, but just one bit on the tip of a cocktail stick produces a burn like no other.
For any fellow South Africans who have access to Blitz or Mampoer (home made hooch around 90+% alcohol) use it. The fruity smell is amazing!!
http://www.mrchilli..../capsaicin.html
Edit: The total amount of resin was around 3/4 teaspoon, and I diluted it just to get the stuff off the spoon. I would guess around 30ml's or so alcohol to around 3-4ml's of resin in te pic above.
