chili pepper

carolina reaper pepper fruit in a tree
World’s hottest pepper Carolina Reaper grows in Cotabato. Bloggers can get half a kilo for free

A local farm employing T’Boli farmers grows Carolina Reaper, the undisputed king of peppers. Want to try it?

siling labuyo chili peppers harvested and collected in a basket
We’ve been confusing siling labuyo for another chili all this time

Chances are the “siling labuyo” you are buying is its relative from Taiwan, which may be more good-looking but not as hot