Tabak Especial Belicoso Dulce Cigar Review
Tabak Especial Belicoso Dulce Cigar Review
This 5×52 stick features a medium tan wrapper with a very light but firm pack, minimal veins, tight seams, smooth feel and pungent artificially sweet aroma like a mix of cocoa mix and jolly rancher. First light reveals a perfect draw with tons of rich smoke output however flavors are completely masked by the super sugary sweet tip. The first third burns perfectly with the same sweetness on the draw, bringing a bit of a wood to the finish but still quite masked by the sweetened tip. The ash falls cleanly at the 1/2 way point 30 minutes in, where flavors have changed slightly. The draw sweetness is winding down to a normal level with the finish bringing a slight coffee and pepper leaving a parched mouthfeel. Ending at 1 hour where the nub hot hot and mushy the last third showed no further changes.
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The first time i unknowingly brought home a sweet tipped, I was furious. That was years ago and now Im open to trying anything new. Ive come to really love the Tabak Dulce in toro. Great on a Saturday morning with a black coffee, after a chocolate cherry scone. Thats the good life. If you would have told me twenty years ago that a sweet tip would be a permanent in my rotation, Id have lol’d. Speaking of lol.. that ash got ya there… hah! Hey, at least you had the mic on.. -grin-
Love this stick…this was my very welcome introduction to Drew Estate…I have since tried the negro and the Liga line…all great.
I think the best part of that video was the very end when the ash got you. But all kidding aside, I have only tried the Drew Estate Java and it was very different. I think I could smoke one on occasion. I personally like the Drew Estate Under Crown.
I agree, the Undercrown is excellent!
I like the Red Eye in this line. Not as sweet.
I’ve yet to try this one, but I enjoyed the Negra with black coffee very much. I don’t like sweetened caps but the sweetness pretty much “dissolved” in about 10-15 minutes.
That’s a very different experience than I had with Drew Estate’s Java which stayed sweet from end to end. As a result I didn’t really care for that cigar at all.
Tabak Especial Belicoso Dulce… not a big fan of this line, thought it was just another cigar!
Here’s my take on this one: light wrappered half of the Café con Leche together (with the Negra), rough foot (by design). Slightly sweetened tip that noticeably wears down within ½ hr. Slight sweetness on lips. Nice medium draw, tightly packed. Mild sweet taste on tongue, little smoke mouth feel if any. Quick finish. Good (medium) smoke output and razor sharp, slow burn. No chocolate notes (don’t think there is supposed to be), slight amaretto and coffee taste. Mild strength, medium body flavor. IIRC, the Café con Leche tip (dark Negra wrapper), was a stronger, maybe sweeter, longer lasting taste, but have to confirm with another Café con Leche or Negra. Smoked for about 50min and still have ~3.5 inches left. Smoked another ~2” at another sitting, taking another 30min.
I wonder if one was to get a damp paper towel and gently rubbed off some of that sweetness on the tip, would that damage the cigar any?