La Instructora Box Pressed 5 5"5/8 × 55

I decided to smoke the La Instructora Box pressed. While it doesn’t confirm to size standards I would put it somewhere between a toro and robusto in length (5.5 in) with a 55 ring gauge. A bit larger in ring gauge than I usually like to smoke but I had heard good things about it and so I decided to give it a try. The wrapper was smooth with hardly any noticeable veins and no tears in the wrapper or anything similar-- it was a perfect specimen! The dry draw revealed that the draw was perfect with initial flavors of chocolate and coffee blending together to make an excellent medium-full cigar. Upon lightup the cigar revealed that the dry draw really did indicate what the cigar itself would smoke like. Lots of bittersweet chocolate, almost like a dark chocolate, and a coffee note to break through the chocolate. It was not a very complex cigar in the sense that the flavor remained largely the same throughout the length of the cigar, which I appreciated. It something starts good and stays good, I usually don’t complain! I would definitely recommend pairing this with something on the sweeter end, as it is missing the natural tobacco sweetness that is one of my favorite flavor notes. I think a soda or especially a nice sugary espresso would work great with this. It had a great chocolatey aftertaste and the spice ramped up on the retrohale. If you like bittersweet, more on the bitter end of that spectrum, notes of coffee and chocolate, you should definitely check this out!

Good construction and burn. Such a boring cigar no taste and flavour. Don’t waste you time smoking this.