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Chilli News

Post Apocalypse Peppers

July 13, 2010
Post Apocalypse Peppers

It is always going to see chillies in the news. The BBC is running a story today about a delegation of 7 US Senators that have traveled to the Arctic Archipelago to bury chilli seeds 500 feet under a mountain.
image by Pierre J.
The Global Crop Diversity Trust runs a facility in the Arctic that aims [...]

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Top 10 Chilli Christmas Present Ideas

November 11, 2009

With Christmas fast approaching the annual scratching of heads and wondering what presents to buy your family and friends begins. We’ve tried to help this year by selecting our top 10 presents for the chilli addicts in your life. If you are stuck for ideas this year you’re sure to find some hot inspiration below!
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Chilli King Online Store Now Open

December 24, 2008

With the 2009 chilli growing season drawing near we are glad to announce that our online store is now up and running!
Now is the time to start planning which chillies you are going to grow in 2009 and we are pleased to offer a selection of chilli seeds for sale online. As an added bonus we [...]

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Eat Chillies to Lose Weight

November 11, 2008

Most people know that having a higher metabolism means you burn more calories. 
 
But what exactly is metabolism? Metabolism is the amount of energy (measured in calories) that your body burns in order to maintain itself. Every individual’s metabolism is dependant on a huge number of variables such as their fat to muscle ratio, body weight, [...]

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grand designs live spiced up

October 14, 2008

A big thank you to all those of us that came to see The Chilli King stand at the Grand Designs Live show. It was great to put a face to many of the names we’ve seen in emails over the last few month.

What surprised us most about the show was the huge interest that [...]

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Grand Designs with Chillies

October 3, 2008

If you have been inspired by our site to start growing your own chillies then you should come down to the National Exhibition Center (NEC) at Birmingham between Friday the 10th & Sunday the 12th of October 2008. We have been invited to exhibit at the Grand Designs Live exhibition hosted by non other than [...]

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why are chilli peppers hot – solved!

September 24, 2008

If you ask anyone why chilli peppers are hot you will usually be greeted with a long pause and a scratch of the head. Having hot fruit, and seeds in particular is rather counter intuitive from a evolutionary perspective.

Why are chillies hot?

It is generally accepted that plants produce nice tasty colorful fruit to attract and [...]

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nagas to be sold by tesco

September 24, 2008

I’ve just read (I’m shamed to say on the daily mails website) that retail giant Tesco is going to start stocking the “Dorset Naga”, what some consider to be the worlds hottest chillie (although I beleive the official record is held by the bhut jolokia from India). This is surely the clearest sign yet that [...]

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