Habanero hot sauce is renowned for being one of the hottest sauces on the planet. Made from the habanero chili pepper, which is local to the Caribbean, Cuba, Yucatan, Texas, and California, habanero hot sauce is legendary for its incredibly spicy, pungent flavor.
The habanero pepper is the hottest and spiciest pepper in the Capsicum Chinense Jacquin species, and has an oblong, round, or lantern shape. As it ripens, the habanero pepper matures from green to yellow-orange to a bright orange color.
Anyone who has ever tried a habanero pepper by itself or one of the many habanero hot sauces on the market can attest to the difference from other peppers in the genre. For instance, the habanero pepper is 200,000 to 300,000 heat units on the Scoville scale, while the Tabasco pepper is only 30,000 to 50,000 heat units. It