Drew Estate Java Mint

Drew Estate Java Mint

• Brazilian Mata Fina maduro wrapper.
• Long fillers from Nicaragua.
• Veiny.
• Not exceptional construction.
• Notes of mint, cocoa, coffee, and nut in dry draw.
• 1 month in personal humi.

Background: Drew Estate is certainly one of the most unique cigar makers and Rocky Patel remains one of the top enforcers of quality control. Together, Drew Estate and Rocky Patel collaborated to create this excellently constructed and equally tasty blend. Their use of infusions and rare small batch productions enables them to make cigars unlike anyone else in the world. (Cigar.com)

1st Half: During the first half you get the heavy dose of the Java, Cocoa flavor which you expect from the cigar by virtue of the name. The sweetness with the touch of mint serves well as an after dinner mint for those who are fans of the infused cigar. However, I felt the strength of taste only lasted for about the first quarter of the cigar. The 2nd quarter of the cigar had hints of earth with a more faded flavor of the java mint which had been so prevalent earlier in the smoke. Once the sweet flavor began to fade, i found the cigar to be bland with hints of sweet flavor.  Not to much smoke billowed out from this cigar and the construction was rather squishy compared to the vast majority of my cigars in my humi. The ash was weak and fell off within the first third of the cigar.

2nd Half: More of the bland flavor I received during the latter portion of the first cigar. Although if i kept extreme concentration on the smoke I could notice the sweet hints. However, I feel that I should be able to enjoy the flavors without racking my brain and taste buds. Although towards the end of the cigar the coffee, cocoa, and mint flavors became slightly more potent. However, this slight resurgence of flavor did not save my cigar smoking experience for the night. The ash remained weak and the construction was disappointing.

Final Thoughts: Let me begin by stating I have an extreme bias against infused flavor cigars. I just don't like them. However, I was convinced into trying this product. I must admit that when i tried this smoke at first I had high hopes. From the first few puffs I could see this being a good smoke after a hardy meal if one was in the mood for something sweet. However, my satisfaction quickly diminished as the flavor declined in my smoking experience. I would not have minded so much if the flavor after the sweetness had passed was not so bland. I do not know if it was a bad cigar, or maybe it did not take well to my humi, but i have had flavor last longer in a Backwood honey flavored stick. I have one more of this cigar in my humi. I feel with as much hype and praise that I have heard about this cigar maybe I just had a bad experience. I will give it another try at a later date. For now, my rating is a 4/10. It just isn't my bag of groceries.