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The bloke at the Sawtell Chilli Festival has a name like a wrestling villain – Adam “the Chilli King” Connell – and he’s staring down pure capsaicin. Not a Carolina Reaper. Not a ghost pepper doused in Da Bomb. We’re talking actual capsaicin crystals; 16 million Scoville Heat Units (SHUs). They’re described as “not for human consumption”.
Welcome to the cult of capsaicin, where suffering is the point, and sambal is competitive sport. Connell isn’t the only one…
