If dark chocolate, coffee, and cream sit at the top of your flavor priorities, brace yourself — Ezra Zion's Espresso Exxotica Cream & Sugar was engineered specifically to hit that intersection, and it hits it hard.
This is a 6.25 × 46 Corona Gorda, full-bodied and medium-to-full in strength, wrapped in a stunning 12-year-aged Sumatra Maduro leaf. Binder and filler blend remain proprietary — but every tobacco in the recipe is aged between 4 and 13 years.
Blend Details
- Wrapper: 12-year-aged Sumatra Maduro
- Binder: Closely guarded secret
- Filler: Closely guarded secret
- Vitola: Corona Gorda (6.25 × 46)
- Body: Full
- Strength: Medium/Full
- Aging: All tobaccos aged 4–13 years
Tasting Journey
First Light: Opens with a wave of creamy dark chocolate, espresso beans, raw cane sugar, and heavy cream. Fresh-brewed coffee follows immediately, joined by white pepper and macadamia nut. The finish carries white chocolate and buttercream; the retrohale delivers a warming cinnamon burn.
Second Third: The profile turns toastier as it progresses. Dark caramel, white oak, and whipped cream emerge, with hints of clove and cocoa layering in. The finish deepens into rich mocha territory.
Halfway: The midway point turns the intensity up. Cappuccino, cake frosting, and aged leather step forward; toffee, dried fruit, cardamom, and graham cracker fill the mid-palate. The depth is genuinely difficult to catalog in real time.
Last Third: The final third stacks flavors on top of each other. Café latte, whiskey barrel, and nutmeg join the mix, alongside coffee beans, custard, and toasted almond. Each note layers over the last — this is where the aged tobacco earns its complexity.
Espresso Exxotica Cream & Sugar was built for the boutique-cigar buyer looking for something rare and layered — not the same familiar profile sitting on every humidor shelf in the country.
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