What is Habanero pepper?

Habanero is one of the most beautiful types of chili peppers. In Spanish means habanero "from Havana" and this pepper was originally transported from Cuba to the Yucatan Peninsula. Habaneros is now being grown mainly in Yucatan, as in Costa Rica, Belize and parts of the United States - especially in California and Texas. Habanero peppers are often used as ingredients in a hot sauce. This plant grows to a height of 9.4-14.2 inches (24-36 cm) and pepper reaches about 1.0-2.5 inches (2.54-6.35 cm) to length. Most of the Habanero Pepper varieties ripen from green to orange and has a score of 150,000-325,000. Its system is not entirely scientific because tests are based on human tasting and are quite subjective. Nevertheless, Scoville helps very much to compare the approximate levels of spicy between different types of peppers. Skoville taste tests use various chili peppers mixed with a neutral tasty food andThe amount of pepper used gradually decreases to allow how long the testers can still taste the heat that is used.

There are several varieties of Habanero peppers, including the Red Savina ™ trademark variety, which is one of the hottest peppers in the world. Chocolate and Scutaba are other varieties of Habanero pepper. Habaneros chocolate has a wrinkled appearance and begin as a green plant with cream flowers; They mature on chocolate brown color. Scutaba Habanero is a smooth and tasty variety of Habanero, which is red.

Some people mistakenly believe that the seeds of chili pepper are its unfortunate part. In fact, the coldest part of Habanero's peppers and other chilis pungent lipids called capsaicinoids. They are located in the highest concentrations in the vaches of the inner walls of the pepper; Only a small amount of capsaicinoids contains in the seeds. Habanero pepper is strong enough to irritateEyes and skin of a person, so many people also manipulate the outer habneros with gloves.