Creamy Cedar
Camacho Connecticut
Camacho Connecticut wears an Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade wrapper over a Honduran binder and a Corojo/Criollo‑family long‑filler blend, finished in Honduras. Reviewers place it in the mild–mild‑medium lane, with toasted cedar, dry earth, light black pepper and a soft vanilla/cream sweetness running through the smoke.
Sizes
- Robusto — (5.0" x 50)
- Toro — (6.0" x 50)
Strength
Mild-Medium
Wrapper
Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade
Binder
Honduran Criollo
Filler
Honduran Corojo and Criollo‑family long fillers (Honduran/Dominican components)
This is Camacho's take on Connecticut Shade: a light Ecuadorian wrapper over a Central American core, produced in Honduras under the post‑Davidoff program. In the Robusto and similar sizes the construction leans on a Honduran Criollo binder and fillers drawn from the Corojo/Criollo families, which gives the line more backbone than a textbook Connecticut‑shade stick. Flavor opens with toasted cedar, dry earth and hay while the smoke stays soft and creamy; light black pepper and floral spice arrive as seasoning rather than dominance. Midway the profile deepens into cedar and earth with moments of vanilla or honeysuckle sweetness, and a restrained pepper finish keeps the cigar present without overpowering. Build is generally solid — firm pack and a thin oil sheen on the wrapper — and most samples burn and draw cleanly, though a minority show minor burn quirks. Offered in everyday vitolas (Robusto, Toro and box‑pressed formats), it's Camacho's milder, characterful option for when restraint is the point.
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