First time I encountered with these bad boys I only tried the end of a piece and it was already crazy brutal. Not only that, I also touched my nose after that and that also burned for about 15 minutes after that.
[Next time, I decided to try again, this time with a whole piece.](https://i.imgur.com/DGXXl0I.jpg) It was a little bit hot but nothing extra, I was really surprised. I was thinking maybe because I bought it at another store.
Now, I just tried another one of those chilies from the same batch that I bought from the store. Big mistake! I had to spit half of the chili, it was so unexpectedly strong and my throat and mouth burned for 15 minutes.
According to the scoville scale Thai chili only ranges between 50k-100k. I can’t even imagine how spicy the carolina reaper can be with its 2.2M rate.
How can one piece of chili be so mild while the others from the same batch are so hot?