Let's cut to the chase - the Tabak Especial Negra Toro is Drew Estate's coffee-infused playground in cigar form. This 6x52 parejo comes packed with Nicaraguan guts dressed in a Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro wrapper that's darker than your morning espresso. At about $7 per stick in 10-count boxes, it's your ticket to smokeable caffeine without the jitters.
The foot lights up with what I call "barista blast" - instant dark roast coffee notes wrapped in burnt caramel sweetness. Smoke production stays modest, like a steady coffee drip. Watch that wavy burn line though - mine needed two touch-ups in the first inch.
Here's where the cream emerges, muting the initial coffee punch. The draw tightens slightly, pushing out denser smoke with a cocoa powder texture. Ash holds solid at 1.5-inch intervals. Pro tip: purge gently unless you want charred espresso grounds flavor.
Nicaraguan pepper spice finally peeks through at the band point. The body shifts from sweet latte to americano territory - earthier with a lingering black pepper tingle on the tongue. Heat builds quick past the nub - better to ditch it with an inch left.
Born in Estelí's volcanic soils, this stick gets its kick from Jinotega/Metagalpa coffee beans infused during a 2-year tobacco aging process. The maduro wrapper undergoes 18+ months fermentation for that signature sweetness - no artificial flavor sprays here. All rolling happens at La Gran Fabrica using 90s-era Cuban-style benches.
