As quite a feather in our collective cap, we enjoy and continue to receive email from international readers of our blog. This reader, who goes by the name Kezevi, hails from the other side of the world. He’s seen our often-mentioned posts on the Bhut Jolokia/Naga Jolokia and wrote us a message which said:

I enjoyed going through your site, I am someone who really loves chillies. Well, I just want to bring something to your notice… this naga chili isn’t really from bangladesh it is from nagaland, the name itself says it. Nagaland is a small state in the north eastern part of india. The naga chili is widely grown in nagaland and is used in almost every dish. It is known as ‘raja mirchi.’ It looks the same but a particular scent and is much hotter than ‘naga jolokia’ or ‘bhut jolokia’. People in Assam refer naga morcha or mirchi as naga jolokia but is is known as naga morcha in nagaland.

He also referred us to the Wikipedia entry on the Naga Jolokia pepper, from which the above picture originates. The nomenclature and origin of this particular pepper has caused discussion like no other we’ve encountered thus far, and makes us a little sad that our botanical attempts to grow our own were met with such poor success. Thanks for the message, compadre, and we hope that you might send us some samples from your part of the world.

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