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La Aroma de Cuba Mi Amor: flavour profile and cigars like it

La Aroma de Cuba Mi Amor is a medium to full hand-made cigar. It has a San Andrés wrapper over Nicaraguan long filler. Published tasting notes mention dark chocolate, almond, espresso bean, black pepper and coconut.

On our flavour map it leans toward cocoa and coffee, with cream and nuts behind it. If you like it, the closest matches are E.P. Carrillo INCH and Macanudo Inspirado Black.

What does La Aroma de Cuba Mi Amor taste like?

Cream & nutsCedar & woodEarth & leatherPepper & spiceCocoa & coffeeSweet & caramelFruit & floralHay & herbs
Our flavour map: the published notes, weighted 60%, plus the wrapper style, 40%.
  • dark chocolate
  • almond
  • espresso bean
  • black pepper
  • coconut

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

WrapperSan Andrés
BinderNicaraguan (Holt's)
FillerNicaraguan long-filler
StrengthMedium to full
Made byLa Aroma de Cuba (blended by Pepin Garcia, Estelí, Nicaragua)
SizesRobusto 5x50 · Duque 5.25x56 · Belicoso 5.5x54 · Magnifico 6x52 · Valentino 6x60 · Churchill 7x50

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

What smokers and critics say

Smokers like: smooth, creamy and refined, toasted coffee and sweetness and burns evenly.

Some say: can run hot if smoked fast.

Scores as published by the retailer or magazine. Themes are our summary of the reviews, not quotes. We don't score cigars ourselves.

On the retailer best-seller lists we track in Canada, the United States and Germany.

Cigars like La Aroma de Cuba Mi Amor

  1. E.P. Carrillo INCH78% flavour matchBroadleaf wrapper · Medium to fullMore earth and leather, less cream and nuts, same strength.
  2. Macanudo Inspirado Black74% flavour matchBroadleaf wrapper · FullNicaraguan filler too, more caramel sweetness, less cream and nuts, a step stronger.
  3. Asylum 1369% flavour matchHabano wrapper · Medium to fullNicaraguan filler too, more earth and leather, less cream and nuts, same strength.
  4. Oliva Serie V Maduro67% flavour matchSan Andrés wrapper · FullSame San Andrés wrapper style, Nicaraguan filler too, more cedar and wood, less pepper and spice, a step stronger.
  5. Alec Bradley Prensado67% flavour matchHonduran · Medium to fullMore earth and leather, less cream and nuts, same strength.

Matched on eight flavour axes plus body, within one strength step. One cigar per brand.

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