Extracting Capsaicin From Pepper X to Make the World's Hottest Sauce

Duration: 24:02

In late 2023, Ed Currie's Pepper-X was crowned the new hottest pepper in the world, with an astounding Scoville heat rating of 2,693,000 (compared to the Carolina Reaper's previous 1,600,000-2,200,000). So logically, my first instinct was to use chemistry to make it over five times hotter! Do you want a sample of my purified capsaicin? Just donate $15, and I'll send you some in a small vial, along with some of the spice-depleted Pepper X powder! https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/labcoatz Want to support LabCoatz? Of course you do! Feel free to join my Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/LabCoatz Credit goes to @FirstWeFeast for some of the pepper-related video content used: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUYtDA7j19c Some footage from @NileRed and @ShawnWoodsMousetrapMonday was also used: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B3Xi5L6siI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoyRltXRjpE WARNING: although everything I do here is legal, some of the content shown on LabCoatz is dangerous and should not be repeated! This procedure was fairly tame, but in general, it's not a very good idea to taste or eat things that have been in contact with chemicals or labware. I took all of the necessary precautions to remain safe! Also, to avoid legal trouble, I feel like I should elaborate on what I said towards the end of this video about "cooking a legal version of meth" in a future video: the "legal meth" is a safe, off-the-shelf cold medicine called propylhexedrine, and although its molecule is shaped almost exactly like methamphetamine's molecule, it is not addictive and is generally not used recreationally due to it's unpleasant side effects. It can be bought at almost any American store as "Benzedrex" without even needing an ID, so me making a small amount for demonstration purposes should be completely fine. 0:00 Introduction 0:34 Project backstory 1:44 Prepping the sauce 2:45 Ethanol extraction 4:34 Steam distillation 5:59 Column chromatography 9:06 Acid/base extraction 9:55 The tasting lineup 11:32 Taste test: Louisiana Hot Sauce (2000 Scoville) 12:58 Taste test: homemade Reaper sauce (1,000,000 Scoville) 14:11 Taste test: Last Dab Xperience (2,000,000+ Scoville) 16:02 Taste test: Habanero pepper (100,000-300,000 Scoville) 18:37 Taste test: PURIFIED CAPSAICIN (15,000,000+ Scoville) 22:55 DO YOU WANT SOME? 23:27 Conclusion