Chili Pepper News — habaneros

The statement overheard at a food market went something like this… He brought the hot and the extra hot chili sauce. There’s also an extreme sauce made with habaneros. I don’t know why he didn’t bring that; there are always people at these sorts of things that want to blow their face-off. Who knew that people still considered habaneros hot? We sure didn’t. There are much hotter chili peppers out there. If a fast-food chain sells something called Ghost Pepper Fries, you get the feeling that habaneros are just, well habaneros. They’re not explosive. They’re not violently hot. They’re the...

Almost nothing beats the incredibly volcanic taste of the habanero chili pepper, especially when it is packaged as a chili sauce. Few things surpass the fire and the flavor of habanero hot sauce. And, that is not surprising, is it? After all the habanero was once regarded as the hottest chili pepper on earth. It still might be if people were not constantly on the lookout for the absolute hottest sensation they could achieve. But what, if anything, puts habanero hot sauce to the test?