FORT MILL, S.C. ( QUEEN CITY NEWS ) – At Puckerbutt Pepper Company, the heat grabs your attention. As we discovered, there’s far more than meets the taste buds, but that takes some time to get past.
“It’s a little bit intimidating,” said customer Omar Ochoa, who went to the Fort Mill store on Main for the hot stuff. “That one definitely kicks in.”
It’s as if he almost died and went to heaven at Puckerbutt .
“I can’t even talk right now, this has me like sweating,” Ochoa struggles. “But you can taste the Pepper X on this one.”
To call Fort Mill a “hotspot” would be an understatement.
“This pepper ride has been going on for a long time,” Ed Currie told Queen City News.
This capsaicin capital is where Currie cultivates peppers to challenge and even overwhelm our senses. He’s hotter than ever, doing interviews with media from around the globe about Pepper X. Last October, Guinness World Records officially declared it the world’s hottest chili pepper.