Chilli Tasting

In science, we are doing stuff about chilis. We have to do some research on chillies and also name the chemical that makes the chilis hot. Here is what I did for this and I hope you enjoy it.

Section1: A chilli is a type of fruit. The chemical in chillis that make it hot is called Capsaicin. Capsaicin makes chillis hot because it triggers calcium ions to enter nearby neurons.

Section 2;

Section 3:The six hottest chillies are named 
1. Carolina Reaper 
2. Moruga Trinidad Scorpion 
3.7 pot douglah 
4. Primo
5. Butch T Trinidad Scorpion 
6. Naga viper

The Scoville chilli scale, this works by scale measures the amount of capsaicin in the pepper and then assigns it a number rating in Scoville Heat Units.

Aim :
To see which is the best way to cool down the hot chillies tastes in your mouth while eating chilli.

Hypothesis : 
I think that coke will help it cool down the best.

Equipment : 

1. Milk

2. Water

3. Coke

4. Tasting cup 
5. Chilli

Method 

1. You will work in groups of three for this experiment. Each person in the group will use one of the drinks with the chilli. You will then swap results in your group so that everyone has the same results.
2. Each member of the group needs to have their own tasting cup. This will be used for putting the different liquids in as we cool off the chilli in your mouths.
3. place a piece of chilli in your mouth.
4. After 10 seconds you will drink the liquid immediately
You will be recording the following using yes or no.
- The effectiveness of the liquid immediately.
- The effectiveness of the liquid 10 seconds after.

Chilli Tasting Results
Record: Yes or No

	Immediately	After 5 minutes
Milk	Yes	No
Water	Yes	Yes
Coca Cola	Yes	Yes

Summary and Results - 

Milk did not take away the taste immediately but it did take away the taste after 5 minutes 
Coke took away the effect immediately for me and it did the same thing after 5 minutes.
Water had a small effect immediately and had a greater effect after 5 minutes.
The summary is the most effective drink to take away the taste immediately would be milk.

Conclusion 
And milk could be a solution when eating spicy foods- literally, That's because milk helps your mouth handed capsaicin, an oily chemical compound in chilli peppers, capsaicin binds to a receptor in the tongue and creates a burning sensation casein protein found in milk can also bind to the capsaicin and wash it away.