Trinidad Moruga Scorpion wins hottest pepper title
Posted by admin | Posted in News and Events, Peppers | Posted on 16-02-2012
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Photo By Courtesy of Jim Duffy, New Mexico State University
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN | Associated Press — 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.