T&T Has The Hottest Pepper In The World

Posted on Friday, 17 February 2012 by admin

The hottest pepper in the world happens to be from Moruga.

Online news reports yesterday celebrated the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion, as the planet's hottest pepper.

The research was done by experts at New Mexico State University's Chile Pepper Institute.

The articles described the pepper as 'sweat inducing, tear-generating, mouth-on-fire'.

The peppers were named "scorpions" because the pointed end of the pepper was said to resemble a scorpion's stinger.

The pepper was described as a "golf ball-sized pepper (which) 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 two million heat units."

Told of the unusual recognition for farmers of the area, Member of Parliament for Moruga Clifton De Coteau said, "We feel very proud that the hottest pepper in the world comes from Moruga. We will definitely need to market this pepper locally and internally. Trinidad also has the best cocoa in the world and that is a nice combination. We have the sweetest cocoa and the hottest pepper."

The hottest pepper in the world happens to be from Moruga. Online news reports yesterday celebrated the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion, as the planet's hottest pepper. The research was done by experts at New Mexico State University's Chile Pepper Institute. The articles described the pepper as 'sweat inducing, tear-generating, mouth-on-fire'.

The peppers were named "scorpions" because the pointed end of the pepper was said to resemble a scorpion's stinger. The pepper was described as a "golf ball-sized pepper (which) 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 two million heat units." Told of the unusual recognition for farmers of the area, Member of Parliament for Moruga Clifton De Coteau said, "We feel very proud that the hottest pepper in the world comes from Moruga. We will definitely need to market this pepper locally and internally. Trinidad also has the best cocoa in the world and that is a nice combination. We have the sweetest cocoa and the hottest pepper."

Source: Trinidad Express