Classified into a group called C. Chinese, Habaneros are among the hottest peppers in the world. The Red Savina Habanero holds the record at 577,000 Scoville Units.
One nibble off an Orange Habanero willturn your mouth into a living inferno.
An unbelievably hot pepper, reputed to have originated in Havana (La Habana), Cuba.
Often mispronounced by English speakers, the word should NEVER have a "y" sound: it's "hah bah NEH ro", NOT "hah bah NYEH ro". (The "h" is not pronounced in Spanish, but that's probably too much to ask of any gabacho.)
Bob's waiter did not understand why the habanero salsa looked like it hadn't been touched. Bob understood all too well.
The habanero pepper is deceptively un-hot looking: like a brilliant miniature smoothpumpkin.
i grow tepin and habanero peppers. the hottest pepper is the Golden Habanero from Pepper Joe.
i was told that the tepin was the hottest but it is not evenclose the white bullet habanero is hotter than the tepin.but the hottest is the Golden Habanero.
The SPICIEST pepper in the world that grows in Mexico and other parts of Central America. Treat it with respect, because the spice concentration can easily kill those who are not experienced with eating hot chili peppeers.
After eating a bowl of habanero pepper soup, I knew what Hell felt like for several hours, for no amount of ice-cold water seemed to quench the habanero fire.