Flavor notes summarize public talk. They are not scores from this almanac.
Five-axis editorial estimate
Strength follows the strength field; price follows the price band or approximate USD. Body, flavour richness, and smoothness are editorial estimates from the taste notes—not ratings.
Editorial estimates, not ratings or lab scores.
Strength
5 / 5
Body
5 / 5
Flavour richness
5 / 5
Price
5 / 5
Smoothness
4 / 5
Cohiba is often treated as the modern Cuban flagship. Public accounts place it in diplomatic use in the 1960s and on sale from 1982. El Laguito in Havana is the factory most often named.
Siglo, Maduro 5, and the later Behike lines are the names readers meet first. Behike is said to use medio tiempo leaf; the exact recipe is a trade secret, so treat flavor talk as tendency, not lab data.
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