Materials

Figure 2.1. Ethanol, beaker with peppers, pasteur pipette and graduated cylinder

• 7 Different Types of Peppers
• Beakers
• Cutting board
• Cutting knife
• Elastic band
• Electronic balance
• Ethanol
• Filter paper
• Funnel
• Gloves
• Goggles
• Graduated cylinder
• Parafilm
• Pasteur pipette
• Stir bar
• Stirrer & hot plate

Different Types of Peppers Used in this Experiment:

Figure 2.2. All peppers used in this experiment: (from top-left to bottom-right) Thai Hot Peppers, Cao Bong Boogie Hot Peppers, Etna Hot Peppers, Jamaican Hot Peppers, Scotch Bonnet, Pusa Jwala, Bird's Eye Chili (Move your mouse over each pepper to see its name).