Wrapper:
Connecticut Broadleaf No. 1 Darks
Binder:
San Andreas Negro
Filler:
Nicaraguan, Honduran & Dominican
Strength:
Full
Saka’s Tasting Notes:
Loam, cocoa, café and tantalizing spice.
Description:
Mi Querida Black is the ultimate execution of our family of broadleaf ligas and a very personal expression of my own passion for cigars.
Over three decades ago as I began my own cigar journey, one of my first true cigar loves was the broadleaf puros crafted by Sr. Frank Llaneza (1920 – 2010) and his General Manager Sr. Estelo Padron (1927 – 2015) at their Honduran-American Tobacco, S.A. (HATSA) factory in Cofradia, Honduras. Although a tad rough and unrefined by today’s standards, their cigars were an explosion of flavor and immensely satisfying to me. This earthy, sweet and full-bodied style of cigar was intoxicating at first puff and has served as my own North Star for many of my own best ligas over the decades.
“Black” is the third iteration of this style of blend within our Mi Querida family of puros. It retains the soul of our two other ligas within the line, however with the addition of a very select grade of Honduran grown Habano Seed tripa incorporated into the blend. I believe this is the closest possible re-creation of that smoking experience that beguiled me in my early cigar years, yet executed without the commercial constraints of cost or the need to craft the large volume of cigars HATSA needed to produce to be viable. Only the finest materials are utilized from the exhaustively “creamed” tripas, to the very best grade of dark Connecticut-grown Broadleaf capas with acute attention paid to their craftsmanship.
