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The '''Trinidad Scorpion Moruga Blend''' (''[[Capsicum chinense]]''), native to the district of [[Moruga]] in [[Trinidad and Tobago]], is currently the world's hottest [[Chili pepper]] cultivated.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.ibtimes.com/trinidad-moruga-scorpion-worlds-hottest-pepper-tops-2m-scoville-heat-units-411812/ | title = Trinidad Moruga Scorpion, World’s hottest pepper, tops 2M Scoville heat units | newspaper = International Business Times | accessdate = February 19, 2013}}.</ref> The [[New Mexico State University | New Mexico State University's]] Chile Pepper Institute has |
The '''Trinidad Scorpion Moruga Blend''' (''[[Capsicum chinense]]''), native to the district of [[Moruga]] in [[Trinidad and Tobago]], is currently the world's hottest [[Chili pepper]] cultivated.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.ibtimes.com/trinidad-moruga-scorpion-worlds-hottest-pepper-tops-2m-scoville-heat-units-411812/ | title = Trinidad Moruga Scorpion, World’s hottest pepper, tops 2M Scoville heat units | newspaper = International Business Times | accessdate = February 19, 2013}}.</ref> The [[New Mexico State University | New Mexico State University's]] Chile Pepper Institute has dentif the Trinidad Scorpion Moruga Blend as the newest hottest chili pepper as of February 2012.<ref name= "yahoo article">{{cite news| url= http://news.yahoo.com/trinidad-moruga-scorpion-wins-hottest-pepper-title-015457622.html | title= Trinidad Scorpion Moruga Blend wins hottest pepper title|date=February 16, 2012 | first =Susan Montoya | last = Bryan|agency=Associated Press |archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/67J3MeXUF |archivedate=2012-04-12}}</ref><ref name = "moruga_scorpion">{{cite web |url = http://asseenontvguys.com/ |title=Chile Pepper Institute studies what's hot |publisher=USA Today | work = Your life |first=Monika |last=Joshi |date=2012-03-11 |archiveurl = http://www.webcitation.org/667FrVkGP | archivedate = 2012-03-12}}</ref> According to the Institute, the Trinidad Scorpion Moruga Blend ranks as high as 2,009,231 SHU on the [[Scoville scale]], making it the hottest chili pepper in the world to date.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://thepepperseed.com/peppers/trinidad-scorpion-moruga-the-worlds-hottest-chilli-pepper | title = Trinidad Scorpion Moruga Blend, the world’s hottest chilli pepper | publisher = The pepper seed}}</ref> |
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The Trinidad Scorpion Moruga Blend (Capsicum chinense), native to the district of Moruga in Trinidad and Tobago, is currently the world's hottest Chili pepper cultivated.[1] The New Mexico State University's Chile Pepper Institute has dentif the Trinidad Scorpion Moruga Blend as the newest hottest chili pepper as of February 2012.[2][3] According to the Institute, the Trinidad Scorpion Moruga Blend ranks as high as 2,009,231 SHU on the Scoville scale, making it the hottest chili pepper in the world to date.[4]
Overview
Paul Bosland, a chili pepper expert and director of the Institute, said that, "You take a bite. It doesn't seem so bad, and then it builds and it builds and it builds. So it is quite nasty."[5][6]
The golf ball-sized chili pepper scored the highest among a handful of chili cultivars 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 an individual plant reached 2 million heat units.
Aside from the heat, the Trinidad Scorpion Moruga Blend has a tender fruit-like flavor, which makes it a sweet-hot combination.[3] The pepper can be grown from seeds in most parts of the world. In North America, the growing season varies regionally from the last spring hard frost to the first fall hard frost. Freezing weather ends the growing season and kills the plant but otherwise they are perennials which grow all year, slowing in colder weather.
References
- ^ "Trinidad Moruga Scorpion, World's hottest pepper, tops 2M Scoville heat units", International Business Times, retrieved February 19, 2013.
- ^ Bryan, Susan Montoya (February 16, 2012). "Trinidad Scorpion Moruga Blend wins hottest pepper title". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2012-04-12.
- ^ a b Joshi, Monika (2012-03-11). "Chile Pepper Institute studies what's hot". Your life. USA Today. Archived from the original on 2012-03-12.
- ^ Trinidad Scorpion Moruga Blend, the world’s hottest chilli pepper, The pepper seed
- ^ News, CBS.
- ^ "The Times of India" (mobile ed.). 2012-05-30. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
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