What is the world's hottest spice?

mibmob

The world's hottest spice is the Red Savina Habanero. It has a rating of 350,000–570,000 on the Scoville scale (an index for measuring the hotness of chillies), compared with a score of 2,500–5,000 for the jalapeño. http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=49118 This spice is also known as scotch bonnet. [Aug 27 04 10:20 AM] mibmob writes: sorry: The hottest pepper recorded was a Habenero. Pure capsaicin measures 16,000,000 Scoville units. Aug 27 04, 10:01 AM

Siskin

I would have thought it was the Habanero, but this link says the Tepino pepper from Mexico is several times hotter than the orange or red Habanero. http://www.batnet.com/rwc-seed/Pepper.worlds.hottest.html Aug 27 04, 10:37 AM

NathaNsc

According to "The Top 10 of Everything" by Russell Ash, the hottest chillies are the Datil, Habanero, and the Scotch Bonnet, each measuring 100,000 to 350,000 Scoville units. These are the hottest chillies, not necessarily the hottest spices. I'll assume the Tepino pepper mentioned above is a pepper... [Aug 27 04 10:23 PM] NathaNsc writes: Hmmm.. I take back the last statement I made. What are the technical definitions and differences between spices, chillies, and peppers? Aug 27 04, 10:16 PM

Z3R01D

There seems to be an even hotter pepper, the "naga jolokia" from India. http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-scoville-unit.htm Sep 20 04, 6:04 PM

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