Coffee‑Inspired

Tabak Especial

Dulce Sweetness, Negra Espresso Darkness

Drew Estate

About Tabak Especial

Tabak Especial pairs coffee‑inspired flavoring with Nicaraguan long‑filler tobacco in two distinct expressions. Dulce (Connecticut Shade wrapper, Sumatra binder) reads sweet and creamy with milk coffee, vanilla and milk chocolate notes. Negra (San Andrés maduro wrapper, Sumatra binder) leans darker toward espresso, chocolate and earth. The line generally sits in the mild‑to‑medium strength lane and emphasizes smooth, aromatic smoke.

  • Made in Nicaragua
  • Mild‑Medium, Medium
  • Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade, Mexican San Andrés Maduro
  • Coffee, cream, milk chocolate, vanilla, light cedar

Key Details

Made By

Drew Estate

Made In

Nicaragua

First Introduced

2002

Strength

Mild‑Medium to Medium

Wrapper Focus

Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade, Mexican San Andrés Maduro

Known For

Dulce, Negra

Official Website

drewestate.com

Explore the Cigars

All lines

Coffee‑Infused

Tabak Especial Dulce is a coffee‑inspired cigar finished in an Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade wrapper with a Sumatra binder and Nicaraguan filler, delivering sweet coffee, cream and milk‑chocolate notes. Strength is mild to mild‑medium, with early sweetness giving way to light cedar and tobacco in later thirds.

Sizes

  • Cafecita (4.0" x 32)
  • Corona (4.75" x 46)
  • Toro (6.0" x 52)
  • Gordito (6.0" x 60)

Strength

Mild‑Medium

Wrapper

Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade

Binder

Sumatra

Filler

Nicaraguan long‑filler

Dulce is Tabak Especial's café‑inspired entry—Connecticut Shade silk topped with Sumatra binder and Nicaraguan fillers, and finished to read like a café‑con‑leche. The opening is overtly sweet: creamy coffee, milk chocolate and vanilla, which gradually yield to light cedar, hay and clean earth as the tobacco asserts itself. Body remains mild to mild‑medium; the experience is dessert‑forward early and softly tobacco‑driven later—an accessible, aromatic smoke built for easy sipping alongside coffee.

Coffee Maduro

Tabak Especial Negra is a coffee‑leaning Maduro with a two‑year‑aged Mexican San Andrés wrapper over a Sumatra binder and Nicaraguan filler, delivering earth, chocolate and espresso. Strength is mellow–medium with a creamy, slightly sweet smoke that darkens toward the final third.

Sizes

  • Corona (4.75" x 46)
  • Toro (6.0" x 52)
  • Gordito (6.0" x 60)

Strength

Medium

Wrapper

Mexican San Andrés Maduro

Binder

Sumatra

Filler

Nicaraguan filler

Negra is the Tabak line's espresso‑leaning maduro: aged San Andrés wrapper, Sumatra binder and Nicaraguan filler converge into a plush, mocha‑driven smoke. Expect creaminess and mocha early, moving into roasted coffee, dark chocolate and light baking‑spice as the cigar closes. Strength remains approachable—mellow to medium—making Negra a natural after‑dinner smoke where coffee and chocolate tones are the headline.

Articles & Reviews

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Frequently Asked Questions

Dulce is built around an Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade wrapper and leans sweet and creamy — think milk‑coffee, vanilla and milk chocolate — while Negra uses a Mexican San Andrés maduro wrapper and pulls darker: espresso, chocolate and earth. Both use Sumatra binders and Nicaraguan filler tobaccos, but Dulce reads dessert‑forward and Negra reads like an after‑dinner espresso with a firmer maduro surface.