Re: [CH] 5 AM RESERVE - Habanero 750

Andy (quark@erols.com)
Sat, 17 Nov 2001 13:43:58 -0500

Brent,

I squirreled away a bottle of 'Habanero 750' that I got last year at
Bowers 2000.  
Now that I got your email, I will have to open it and try it. 

Andy

Brent Thompson wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone here have any of the older reserve sauces and how are they,
> 
> I'm not sure this responds to what you're asking, but anyway...
> 
> I have a bottle of 'Habanero 750', which is a red oil supposedly 750,000
> Scoville (and this is probably about accurate, based on usage results).
> Unlike any other high-capsaicin formula I have ever encountered, this
> product has a delicious chile flavor.  And, as bonus, it adds the beautiful
> red color from chiles and does _not_ add any non-chile flavors, e.g.
> spices, fruits, singed cat hair, whatever.  (A great product, and 750,000
> Scoville is hot enough to meet my needs.  The only reason I would need
> something like a 6M sauce would be to attain the desired heat-level before
> adding enough sauce to notice whatever off/unwanted flavors they always
> include in those sauces, which obviously is irrelevant if the sauce
> actually tastes like chiles.)
> 
> So, there is an existence proof that good-tasting high-capsaicin products
> are possible.
> 
> Unfortunately, I understand the company that made this product is no longer
> in business, hence Habanero 750 no longer made or available. :-(
> 
> I would love to hear of a second representative of this class of product.
> 
>  ---   Brent