Trinidad Moruga Scorpion Wins Hottest Pepper Title

From usatoday.com - 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. The golf ball-sized pepper scored the highest among a handful of chile breeds reputed to be among the hottest in the world. Its mean heat topped more than 1.2 million units on the Scoville heat scale, while fruits from some individual plants reached 2 million heat units.  More News New Mexico

Trinidad Moruga Scorpion Wins Hottest Pepper Title