Trinidad Moruga Scorpion

The Trinidad Moruga Scorpion, endemic to the district of Moruga in Trinidad and Tobago, is currently the world’s hottest chile pepper cultivar as of February 2012. According to the New Mexico State University Chile 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. New Mexico State University’s Chile Pepper Institute is the only international, non-profit scientific organization devoted to education and research related to Capsicum or chile peppers.

580,000-2,009,000 Scoville Units.