"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
m...
> Corey Richardson wrote:
>> Some WWW sites say that the Red Savina is the hottest. Some say the
>> Habanero, Scotch bonnet or sometimes the Naga Jolokia.
>>
>> So what really *is* the hottest chilli?
>>
>
> I have to wonder if it is a matter of personal taste. Years ago we went to
> dinner at a Thai restaurant with another couple. We had mussels with two
> different hot dipping sauces. My wife and her friend thought that one
> sauce was much hotter than the other, but the husband and I thought the
> other sauce was hotter.

Penzy's catalog lists the Piquin pepper at 140,000 Scoville Units-the
highest.