Blair's Death Rain - Jolokia Pepper (US)

On a recent trip to central Sydney, I happened upon a convenient store in Haymarket which stocked the mother of all spicy crisps, Blair's Death Rain - Jolokia Pepper. You can imagine my excitement when I noticed the fiery beast in the humblest of convenient stores. I saved the packet until I returned home, in order to take in the full experience of possibly the hottest crisps on the market today. I ate the first few crisps slowly, focusing on the crisps itself and the flavour. While the crunch and overall structure of the Blair's Death Rain crisp is exceptional, I must say, there is little flavour in the Jolokai Pepper variety. I realise this sounds like the rhetoric of a chilli novice but, in this instance, I must concur with the popular phrase of ‘heat evaders’. If you remember well, this is the second packet of Blair’s Death Rain crisps I have reviewed. The first packet was the Habanero variety. The little sibling of the Jolokia flavour. I found Habanero to be spicy enough to make the eyes water but still maintain a very pleasant taste. The Jolokia flavour is not so. Jolokia is no mucking around, kick you in the balls, hot! This is the hottest crisp I have ever tried. Like the Habanero flavour, the store attendant that sold me Blair's Death Rain - Jolokia Pepper, warned me of the immense heat contained inside this packet. Never the less, after the first few testers, I decided to challenge myself and I smashed the entire packet in about 5 minutes. As I devoured the contents of the packet, my lips began to sting, my throat began to burn and by the end of the packet, my tongue felt like the searing sand of a thousand deserts! I had a sweat on and my eyes were watering. I was gargling water and the burn still lingered for about 15 minutes after. While the flavour is not great, that is not the point. These crisps are meant to be hot and hot they are! I enjoyed the challenge but Blair's Death Rain - Jolokia Pepper would not be my first choice on every occasion. ⋆⋆⋆⋆