Chilli Pepper 'Chiang Rai'

Increasing interest in these chilli varieties, Chiang Rai can be planted in a glasshouse environment direct in soil, and it does form an open branching tall plant up to 76cm in height, with a 46 cm spread. The plant does look attractive when planted in a glasshouse and benefits from being supported by string, so that it doesn’t fall over during the growing season. It can also be planted outside during the summer period. When it produces chillis, the fruits look attractive, are between 10 and 13cm in length, having a colour range of  green to  red.  It does produce multi  fruits, and is ideal for spicing up your culinary dishes. It’s taste is particularly Asian in flavour.

We have grown Chiang Rai for a number of years, and it is a firm favourite with us, certainly worth trying if you are fond of your chilli peppers.

Scoville Heat Scale

The heat and taste of chilli peppers is measured in Scoville heat units (shu). This is defined as the number of times a chilli extract needs to be diluted in water for it to lose its heat. At the low end, a bell sweet pepper has a shu of zero, that is there is no heat to the pepper flesh. At the other end of the scale a pure capsacin has a shu rating of 15 million. You need to be a real expert to be able to eat this and enjoy it.
If you find the food you have spiced is too hot to enjoy, you can always deaden the heat by applying yoghurt to the meal. 

Chiang Rai: 50,000 -75,000 shu