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Cain Serie F: flavour profile and cigars like it
Cain Serie F is a handmade cigar made in Nicaragua. Its published strength is full. It has a wrapper grown in Nicaragua and filler from Nicaragua. The tasting notes in our sources point to earth and pepper.
If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are Foundation Cigars Aksum formerly Metapa Maduro and San Cristobal.
What does Cain Serie F taste like?
- earth and leather
- pepper and spice
How strong is it, and what's in it?
| Wrapper | Nicaragua |
|---|---|
| Binder | Nicaragua |
| Filler | Nicaragua |
| Strength | Full as published by cigaraficionado.com |
| Body | Full-bodied |
| Made in | Nicaragua |
| Made by | Oliva Cigar Co. |
| Factory | Tabacalera Oliva de Nicaragua S.A. (TABOLISA), Nicaragua |
| Sizes | 550 5.75×50 · 654T 6×54 · 660 6×60 · Lancero 7×38 |
Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.
What reviewers say
- Cigar Aficionado (cigaraficionado.com): 92 points, Cain F 550, 5 3/4 x 50 Toro (2010)In our words: Leather and spice intensified as flavor and body increased.
Scores as published by the magazine or retailer, for the size named. Notes are our summary of the review, not quotes. We don't score cigars ourselves.
About Cain Serie F
The line. Retailer pre-release packs preceded regular production in March 2010. cigaraficionado.com
The brand. Oliva traces family tobacco cultivation to Melanio Oliva in Cuba, 1886. Cigar Aficionado identified Sam Leccia as Cain’s creator and Oliva as maker. olivacigar.com
Cigars like Cain Serie F
- Foundation Cigars Aksum formerly Metapa MaduroClosest matchSumatra wrapper · Medium to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, a step milder.
- San CristobalAlso fitsHabano wrapper · FullAlso made in Nicaragua, more natural sweetness, about the same strength.
- La Gloria Cubana Spanish PressAlso fitsWrapper style not published · Medium to fullA step milder.
- Red Meat LoversAlso fitsBroadleaf wrapper · Medium-full to fullAlso made in Nicaragua, more cocoa and coffee, less earth and leather, about the same strength.
- Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Mi Querida Triqui TracaOne step furtherBroadleaf wrapper · FullAlso made in Nicaragua, more cream and nuts, about the same strength.
Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Cain Serie F as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.