A second new flavor, roasted pepper, was still available.
So much thanks to @tabasco for sending us the new flavors! The scorpion is hot in all the right ways! #teamtoups #toups #tabasco #hot #hotsauce
Posted by Toups' Meatery on Tuesday, July 18, 2017
Today reported that scorpion sauce is typically made from the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion pepper, along with the flavor of a tropical fruit to pay homage to the pepper's Caribbean roots. Tabasco's Scorpion Sauce includes pineapple and guava.
The description on Tabasco’s website describes the sauce as “a combination of scorpion peppers blended with guava, pineapple and a dash of Tabasco sauce (that) makes for a tangy sauce with untamed heat and a touch of Caribbean sweetness.”
The McIlhenny Company, which produces Tabasco on Louisiana’s Avery Island, calls the sauce “not for the wary.”
That description did not stop Tabasco aficionados from pining for the new sauce.
Looks like a few people I know will be taking a trip to Avery Island
Posted by Kenneth Earl Hernandez on Wednesday, July 19, 2017
Today reported that, while regular Tabasco peppers come in at around 2,500 to 5,000 Scoville units -- the scale used to measure a pepper's heat -- the scorpion pepper can register up to 2 million Scoville units.
The Scoville heat scale measures the amount of capsaicinoids in a pepper.
Time reported in 2012 that the newly-discovered Trinidad Moruga Scorpion pepper was the spiciest on the planet. It has since been displaced by the Carolina Reaper, which the Guinness World Records has named the hottest pepper in the world.
The Carolina Reaper peaks at 2.2 million Scoville units.
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