Went to a house party with a bunch of coworkers. The host suggested we stay away from this white Chinese sauce. One of the guys went up and scooped up about half spoonful and ate it.
I took a little on my tongue and had heat flashes. I describe my tolerance as “normal.”
Coworker said he had always had a high tolerance for peppers and spice as did his grandfather.
Never did remember the name of the pepper or the sauce but it was white.
Some years ago, I roomed with two brothers from Saipan. They had a hot sauce that an uncle sent to them; it was basically ground chiles and garlic. They would put a good-sized spoonful into a bowl of food. I tried it once, and the smallest amount I could put onto one tine of a fork burned my mouth out for about half an hour. I’m talking less than a pinhead. I don’t know what pepper it was, nor do I want to.
And I consider chiltepin to be about right, though habanero is a bit too spicy for me.