Chocolate Congo Habanero

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Chocolate Congo Habanero

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Chocolate Congo Habanero
Hab Chocolate Congo; Habanero Brown Congo; Habañero Chocolate Congo; PI 653675; Habanero Chocolate CongoEdit
C-H-B-7-018
C. chinense
100,000 - 350,000
Very Hot (100,001–500,000 SHU)
Brown/ChocolateEdit
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Classified as C. chinense. Ripens to brown/chocolate, habanero-type pods. Clocks in at 100,000–350,000 SHU — very hot, not for the faint of heart. Originates from Yucatán, Mexico. A member of the broad habanero family, domesticated thousands of years ago on the Yucatán Peninsula.

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How hot is the Chocolate Congo Habanero?

The Chocolate Congo Habanero measures 100,000–350,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU), making it a very hot pepper — roughly 45 times hotter than a jalapeño (which tops out around 8,000 SHU).

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