La Aroma de Cuba is an Ashton Distributors brand that debuted in 2002 and has been made by the Garcia family in Nicaragua since 2009, today at My Father Cigars in Estelí; Cigar Aficionado says recent releases use Nicaraguan tobacco grown by the Garcias on their farms in Estelí, Jalapa and Namanji. Strength depends on the line: Ashton calls the Connecticut (Ecuadorian Connecticut-seed wrapper, added in 2023) mild to medium-bodied, while Cigar Insider tastings of Mi Amor, with its dark Mexican wrapper, found it medium (Magnifico, 2010) to medium-full (Duque, 2019). Typical notes in those Mi Amor tastings include coffee, nuts and a touch of caramel sweetness, with hints of vanilla and citrus in the Magnifico. Start with the Connecticut for a milder smoke or Mi Amor for a darker one. Oxford Cigar Company lists La Aroma de Cuba on its category page when in stock.
La Aroma de Cuba Cigars
La Aroma de Cuba is a cigar brand launched in 2002 by Ashton Distributors and now handcrafted by the Garcia family at the My Father Cigars factory in Estelí, Nicaragua. The portfolio includes the original La Aroma de Cuba (Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper), the Connecticut (Ecuadorian Connecticut-seed wrapper, added in 2023), the Mi Amor (dark Mexican wrapper), the Edición Especial (Ecuador Habano wrapper), Pasión, and Reserva—with Nicaraguan tobacco grown on Garcia family farms in recent releases—ranging from the Connecticut, which Ashton calls mild to medium-bodied, to a Mi Amor robusto that Cigar Insider listed as medium-full in 2019, noting cedar, nuts, coffee and a touch of caramel sweetness.
Frequently asked questions about La Aroma de Cuba Cigars
Who makes La Aroma de Cuba cigars and where are they made?
La Aroma de Cuba is a brand of Ashton Distributors. It debuted in 2002 as a Honduran cigar made by Altadis U.S.A. at its La Flor de Copán factory. Ashton later enlisted José "Pepín" Garcia to make a new version, and in 2009 moved the original line to him as well. The Edición Especial, also made by the Garcias, has been sold since 2008. Today the Garcias make La Aroma de Cuba at My Father Cigars in Estelí, Nicaragua. Cigar Aficionado says the binder and filler of recent releases are Nicaraguan tobacco grown by the Garcias on their farms in Estelí, Jalapa and Namanji. The wrapper depends on the line: Connecticut broadleaf on the original, Ecuadorian leaf on the Connecticut, Edición Especial and Habano Reserve, a Mexican leaf on Mi Amor and a Nicaraguan-grown Cuban-seed leaf on Pasión.
How strong are La Aroma de Cuba cigars?
It depends on the line. Ashton describes the Connecticut line, launched in 2023, as mild to medium-bodied. In Cigar Aficionado's Cigar Insider tastings, the Mi Amor Magnifico was called medium bodied (reported in 2010) and a Mi Amor robusto, the Duque, was listed as medium-full in 2019. Ashton says it made the 2020 Edición Especial reblend richer and stronger, and blended the 2025 limited Habano Reserve to be medium to full in body.
How do the La Aroma de Cuba lines differ?
The lines differ mainly in wrapper and body. The Connecticut uses an Ecuadorian Connecticut-seed wrapper, and Ashton calls it mild to medium-bodied. Mi Amor has a very dark Mexican wrapper grown from Cuban seed; typical notes in Cigar Insider tastings include coffee, nuts and a touch of caramel sweetness (Duque, 2019) and hints of vanilla and citrus (Magnifico). The Edición Especial, sold since 2008, uses an Ecuador Habano wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and filler. The 2025 Habano Reserve, also Ecuador Habano-wrapped, is a limited release that Cigar Aficionado calls the eighth version of La Aroma de Cuba.
Where can I buy La Aroma de Cuba cigars?
Oxford Cigar Company lists La Aroma de Cuba on its category page when in stock: https://oxfordcigarcompany.com/la-aroma-de-cuba-cigars/. Free US shipping on orders $50+.