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Cupido: flavour profile and cigars like it

Cupido is a handmade cigar made in Nicaragua. Its published strength is medium. It has a Habano wrapper and filler from Nicaragua. Our sources publish no tasting notes for it yet.

If you like it, the closest matches in the palate test are A.J. Fernandez New World Puro Especial and Crux Epicure Habano.

Published by Breaking Cigars · Editorial contact: Anatolie Clevan · Sources read · Independently fact-checked · How we built this

Cupido cigar
Cigar or packaging. Size not confirmed. Photo: alliancecigar.com. Framing by Breaking Cigars.

What does Cupido taste like?

No tasting notes in our sources yet, so this cigar has no flavour map. Its matches lean on wrapper, origin and strength.

How strong is it, and what's in it?

WrapperHabano
BinderIndonesian
FillerNicaraguan long filler
StrengthMedium as published by alliancecigar.com
BodyMedium-bodied
Made inNicaragua
FactoryTACASA, Estelí, Nicaragua
SizesRobusto 5×50 · Toro 6×52 · Gordo 6×60

Strength here means nicotine, which mostly comes from the filler. Wrapper colour is not a strength guide.

About Cupido

The line. A 2022 retailer email described Cupido as back in Estelí at TACASA. It does not establish an exact launch date. milled.com

The brand. Historical reports associate original Cupido production with Henry “Don Kiki” Berger. archive.cigarweekly.com

Cigars like Cupido

  1. A.J. Fernandez New World Puro EspecialClosest matchHabano wrapper · MediumSame Habano wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
  2. Crux Epicure HabanoAlso fitsHabano wrapper · MediumSame Habano wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
  3. Curivari Seleccion Privada NaturalAlso fitsWrapper style not published · MediumAlso made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
  4. Foundation Cigars OriginalAlso fitsHabano wrapper · MediumSame Habano wrapper family, also made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.
  5. Gurkha Colección Especial NicaraguaOne step furtherWrapper style not published · MediumAlso made in Nicaragua, about the same strength.

Picked by the palate test's own engine, as if you named Cupido as a favourite: never more than one strength step above it, plain tobacco only, one cigar per brand.

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