Pepper Master Ed Currie Tastes The Hottest Peppers From 11 Countries | Epicurious - Summary

Summary

This video features a professional hot sauce maker and pepper breeder, Ed Curry, trying some of the hottest peppers from different countries worldwide. He discusses the origin, heat levels (measured in Scoville units), and flavor profiles of each pepper. Some peppers are noted for their extreme heat, while others offer a balance of flavor and heat. Ed provides suggestions for using these peppers in various dishes, and he categorizes them based on their heat and flavor characteristics. He also introduces a new, extremely hot pepper called "HP 72," a mix of a chocolate pepper and Carolina Reaper, which he hasn't used in cooking yet due to its overwhelming heat.

Facts

1. The speaker is a professional hot sauce maker and pepper breeder.
2. The speaker is trying the hottest peppers from different countries.
3. The speaker is looking for the world's mildest and the world's wildest peppers.
4. The speaker is trying various peppers, including the Peach Coast pepper, which originated in Sri Lanka and is part of the Jolokia family.
5. The Peach Coast pepper has a heat range of about 300,000 to about 400,000 Scoville heat units.
6. The speaker is also trying the yellow scorpion pepper, which comes from the Caribbean and was bred in Italy.
7. The yellow scorpion pepper has a heat of over a million Scoville heat units.
8. The speaker is also trying the chocolate scorpion pepper, which is said to originate on Trinidad.
9. The chocolate scorpion pepper has a heat of around 1.2 to 1.3 million Scoville heat units.
10. The speaker is also trying various other peppers, including the orange Madame Jeanne, the yellow Naga from Pakistan, the yellow Congo from Africa, the red apocalypse from England, the chocolate X from Parts Unknown USA, the red Ghost Pepper or the jalokia pepper from India, the red Reaper ruga, and the yellow seven pot that originates from Jamaica.
11. The speaker concludes the journey of peppers from around the world, stating that some peppers have flavor, some are just heat, and some are highly recommended to start on the low end and work your way up.