I was just reading an article on the new Hottest Pepper in the World, the Moruga Scorpion Pepper. So apparently this can pack up to 2,000,000 Scoville Units which is just un-heard of considering a jalapeno has about roughly 5,000 and a habanero has 250,000. Anyway here’s an excerpt from the article that I got to check out. Click on the links above if you want to purchase seeds to grow your own Scorpion Plant!
- Hottest Pepper in the World
There are super-hot chile varieties. And then there’s the sweat-inducing, tear-generating, mouth-on-fire Trinidad Moruga Scorpion. With a name like that, it’s not surprising that months of research by the experts at New Mexico State University’s Chile Pepper Institute have identified the variety as the new hottest pepper on the planet.Read More »Moruga Scorpion; Hottest Pepper in the World