Curry Micro 65... Hedge End, Southampton Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

angelou6: Oh dear! The curry house is no more!

Thanks to everyone that found this, but due to the curry house closing down and a surprising amount of flytipping around GZ, this cache is now being archived.

Hope to reheat this soon!

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Hidden : 11/19/2018
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


The Curry Micro series was originally conceived in Sussex by two curry loving Geocachers by the names of BHA LOYAL and proftonks back in 2012.


Since this is a mystery cache , the hide is NOT at the given coordinates!


You're invited to learn a bit about spice and then work out a mild puzzle.



Pungency is a technical word for the spiciness or "heat" property, usually of a food. The chili pepper, a ubiquitous ingredient in curry today, was brought to the Indian subcontinent from the Americas through the Columbian Exchange in the 16th century. The capsicum in these peppers is commonly used to add pungency in cuisines worldwide. (It is also used for other purposes, for example police "pepper spray.")



But how hot is hot ? There are many ways, both traditional and scientific, to assess this, but none are without their drawbacks. The most up to date scientific testing uses high-performance liquid chromatography to determine the pungency. However, because of the huge variety of testing methodologies, laboratory tests can vary massively. The older method is a subjective measurement dependent on the capsaicin sensitivity of testers, and so is not a precise or accurate. And to complicate matters even further, pungency values for every individual pepper are variable.



In the twentieth century, the Scoville scale was developed to measure pungency. Scoville Heat Units (SHU) are applied to the item based on the concentration of capsaicin. The scale is named after its creator, American pharmacist Wilbur Scoville, who developed the scheme in 1912. The range of pepper heat reflected by a Scoville score is counted in units of 100, ie 0 has no pungency and 100 is the minimum possible pungency of a pepper. (The maximum today? Over 3 million, and more pungent peppers are being developed all the time!)



Now, with all that said... Let's simplify things a little with some arbitrary levels:


Level 1 (1-100 Scoville heat units)


Level 2 (100-1000 SHU)


Level 3 (1000-10,000 SHU)


Level 4 (10,000-100,000 SHU)


Level 5 (100,000-350,000 SHU)


Level 6 (350,000-800,000 SHU)


Level 7 (800,000-3,200,000 SHU)




Using these levels, work out the rest of the coordinates by using the usual sources to assess the pungency of the following:



N50 54 . (Habanero+Jalapeño) Cayenne pepper Chocolate habanero


W1 18 . Malagueta pepper Guajilo pepper (Bell pepper+Pepper X)



Anyone for curry ?



Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ovfba uvqqra hcba gehax - cyrnfr ercynpr 'synthr hcba svaqvat

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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