I'd be 6-7, I've never eaten a jalapeno or a habanero so I don't know how hot they are. I can handle a good vindaloo though.
I have eaten a dried carolina reaper before... it was not fun. To the people who haven't tried one who watch youtube videos of people eating them and think "Yep, I can probably imagine what that's like."
YOU CAN NOT. HOLY FUCK. I was hunched over a sink for half an hour drinking cold water and it did nothing. Oh god.
lol it always makes me laugh people trying things like this. I grow the things for my chili, tacos, burritos, burgers, etc, and even im not going to eat a whole one plain, let alone a dried one. I have eaten the seeds before (seeds are where most of the heat is in a pepper) and I would definitely not recommend that.
Also water does next to nothing to curb the receptors in your tongue from feeling the burn. whenever I try a batch of my peppers I always keep a gallon of milk by me to swish in my mouth if they end up being on the hotter end. I forget what it is but something in milk products blocks the receptors that pick up the spiciness on your tongue. I wouldn't recommend actually drinking the milk as it can make you puke (if you drink to much of it) and will cause any back end problems to be worse as more of the capsaicin will go to your digestive track.
