Tabak Dulce Corona (4 3/4 x 46) Cigar

Tabak Especial is Drew Estate's coffee-infused brand, born out of Jonathan Drew's fascination with the coffee grown in the mountains of Northern Nicaragua after he moved to Estelí in 1998 — Drew Estate describes it as the marriage of roasted coffee and dark-air-cured tobacco, and has celebrated the pairing of coffee and hand-rolled cigars under the Tabak Especial name since 2002. The line traces directly back to the Kahlúa Cigars Delicioso collaboration of the early 2000s; when Kahlúa stepped away from the brand in 2008 after an ownership change, Drew Estate re-tooled it and relaunched it as Tabak Especial. The range splits into two expressions — Dulce (Connecticut) and Negra (maduro) — with Dulce the milder, creamier of the pair.

An Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder and Nicaraguan long-fillers, with the tobaccos slowly infused with estate-grown fair-trade Nicaraguan coffee. Handmade at La Gran Fabrica Drew Estate in Estelí, Nicaragua, with several sizes in the line rolled with the brand's signature shaggy foot for an easy light and a preview of the filler. Corona format, 4 3/4 x 46. Box count: 24 cigars.

A silky, aromatic smoke built on a creamy base, with sweet espresso, vanilla bean, milk chocolate and hints of cedar running through it. The Connecticut wrapper keeps the sweetness in check, so the cigar stays mellow and smooth from light to nub. Reviewers of the Corona note a deep espresso aroma and crème de cacao character backed by a slightly nutty cream, with a generous, easy draw.

Alcoholic: Rum and Coke, coffee liqueur, or light cocktails. Non-Alcoholic: Sweet coffee or cappuccino.

Morning or afternoon — the perfect coffee break cigar.