Origin
Crosby, Mississippi
Superhot
Trinidad Scorpion Butch T pepper
Trinidad Scorpion Butch T is a superhot Capsicum chinense selection known for aggressive heat and the pointed tail that gives scorpion peppers their name. Named through Butch Taylor and the Hippy Seed Company, it became one of the defining peppers of the early superhot era.
Scoville 1,000,000 SHU to 1,463,700 SHU
Species Capsicum chinense
Tasting notes
Trinidad Scorpion Butch T is a superhot Capsicum chinense selection known for aggressive heat and the pointed tail that gives scorpion peppers their name. Named through Butch Taylor and the Hippy Seed Company, it became one of the defining peppers of the early superhot era.
Common ripening colors
red
Aliases
Trinidad Scorpion Butch T
How it relates
Broader pepper: Trinidad Moruga scorpion
Lineage type: hybrid
Parents: Trinidad Moruga scorpion, unidentified parent or parents
Note: Available source identifies Trinidad Moruga scorpion as part of the hybrid parentage but does not name the remaining parent or parents.
Source entry
Reference: Trinidad Scorpion Butch T pepper
1,463,700 SHU peak heat