Guides
Four long answers to the questions people ask about capsaicin: what tolerance actually is, what stops a burn, where the Scoville numbers come from, and what sits at the top of the scale. All free, all checkable.
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How to Build a Tolerance to Spicy Food (and Why It Works)
The receptor stops reporting as loudly. That is a measurable change, and it responds to a schedule.
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How to Stop a Chili Burn: What Works, What Makes It Worse
Capsaicin is fat-soluble. Almost every good remedy follows from that one fact.
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The Scoville Scale Explained: Where the Numbers Come From
A Scoville figure is not a measurement of heat. It is a dilution ratio.
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The Hottest Peppers in the World, and Who Held the Record When
The record has changed six times since 1994, and once by a factor of six.
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