UK Cigar Scene Magazine December Issue 12 | Page 6
Cigar and Coffee Tasting
Having selected the Cohiba Maduro Secretos as the best cigar to smoke with coffee we
then set to to decide which was the best coffee to drink with the best cigar.
Method
The coffees were brewed in a French press/
Cafetiere with exactly the same amount of coffee
for each brew, the coffee was tasted blind while
enjoying the cigar.
The coffees were rated on flavour, aroma, acidity,
body and balance to give a total score per person
and these were added and averaged.
The suitability of the cigar to combine with the
coffee was then rated on a scale of 10 (good) to 1
(poor)
The results were as follows:
No
Coffee
Origin
Total Points
for the
Coffee
Rate
Coffee
Cigar & Coffee
Combination
(out of 20)
Rate
coffee &
cigar
1
Twin Engine Reserve
Honey Bear
Nicaragua
42
6
7
6
2
Hada Del Cafe Medium
Roast
Nicaragua
37
7
6
7
3
Twin engine Cuban
style Coffee
Nicaragua
54
4
11
4
4
Dictador Magno
Columbia
59
2
13
2
5
Twin engine
Nicaraguan Cigar Blend
#1
Nicaragua
50
5
9
5
6
Dictador XO
Columbia
66
1
15
1
7
Hada del Cafe Dark
Roast
Nicaragua
59
2
12
3
The coffee’s in order of suitability to match the Cohiba Maduro Secretos were as follows, (with
comments from out tasting panel):
Coffee
Comments
1. Dictador XO (Columbia)
Delicate yet firm, allows the cigar flavours to come out, not heavy or
overpowering.
Good all round flavours that complement the cigar
2. Dictador Magno (Columbia)
Good dark colour, touch of cream, solid flavour
3. Hada del Cafe Dark Roast
Too sweet for the cigar
4. Twin engine Cuban Style Coffee
Nutty flavour, working well with the cigar.
Nice rounded flavour, robust. Nice and easy
5. Twin Engine Nicaraguan Cigar Blend #1
Light and flat, opposite of the cigar
6. Twin Engine Reserve Honey Bear
Fairly light, pleasant enough but not great.
Flat with no evolution of flavours
7. Hada del Cafe medium Roast
Touch of sweetness, very light flavour.
More acidic and quite thin
5