Cigar Strength

Cigars made in Cuba from tobaccos grown on the island tend to offer medium to full strength flavours, although the enormous variety of leaves available means that surprisingly mild smokes may be produced in certain brands. Cigars made in countries such as the Honduras and Dominican Republic are usually made from tobaccos taken from several countries, and so it is more difficult to generalise about the strength of these varieties. However, Nicaraguan and Honduran fillers add spiciness, whilst cigars with Dominican fillers tend towards mildness.

The following table shows the taste and aroma characteristics of the various strengths of cigars:

	Taste	Aroma
Mild	bland flat herbaceous muted	dusty softened transitory
Medium	aromatic exotic fruity heady heavy mellow nuts peppery ripe robust spicy sugary sweet tart woody	animal cocoa coffee floral green subtle supple tanned leather undergrowth woody young leather
Full	aciduous hot peaty piquant scorching tannic	coarse earthy pervasive piquant sharp spicy