Acid Kuba Kuba is the cigar that helped define Drew Estate’s infused category. A 5″ x 54 robusto wrapped in Indonesian Sumatra leaf over Nicaraguan binder and filler, it carries the brand’s signature botanical infusion for a mild-to-medium smoke with notes of sweet florals, herbal botanicals, vanilla, honey, and cedar. Aromatic and smooth, it remains one of the most recognized infused cigars sold in the U.S.
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Description
Acid Kuba Kuba is Drew Estate’s original infused robusto, a 5″ x 54 cigar wrapped in Indonesian Sumatra leaf over Nicaraguan binder and filler tobacco. Its signature botanical infusion delivers a mild-to-medium smoke with sweet florals, herbal botanicals, vanilla, honey, and cedar, and it remains the cigar most associated with launching the modern infused-cigar category in the U.S. market.
About the Acid Kuba Kuba
Kuba Kuba is the flagship of Drew Estate’s ACID line, first built around the brand’s Blue Line botanical infusion process applied to a Sumatra-wrapped Nicaraguan puro base. The 5″ x 54 robusto format has become the line’s signature size, and its distinctive aroma and band design have made it one of the most recognizable infused cigars on the market since the category’s early days.
Flavor & Smoking Profile
Kuba Kuba is mild-to-medium in strength with an intensely aromatic smoke dominated by sweet florals and herbal botanicals up front, layered with vanilla and honey sweetness through the midpoint and a soft cedar note on the finish. The infusion process keeps the profile smooth and consistent from light to nub, with the aroma often as prominent as the flavor itself.
What Makes the Kuba Kuba Different
Within the broader Kuba family sold at Cigar Castle, the original Kuba Kuba is the baseline expression: Sumatra wrapper, 5″ x 54 robusto, mild-to-medium strength. The Kuba Kuba Maduro trades the Sumatra wrapper for Connecticut Broadleaf and a darker cocoa-forward profile, Kuba Candela swaps in a grassy Candela wrapper for a brighter, greener take, and the Kuba Kuba Deluxe stretches the same Sumatra blend into a milder 6″ x 50 tubo. The original remains the most concentrated, classic expression of the botanical infusion.
Who Is This Cigar Best Suited For
Kuba Kuba suits smokers curious about infused cigars or already familiar with the ACID category, since it’s the benchmark most other infused blends are compared against. Its mild-to-medium strength and sweet, floral profile also make it approachable for newer smokers who want an aromatic, easy-drawing cigar.
See the full Drew Estate lineup to compare this line against the rest of the brand’s cigars.
Additional information
| Packaging Type | Single |
|---|---|
| Strength | Medium |
| Origin | |
| Wrapper | Sumatra |
| Binder | Nicaragua |
| Filler | Nicaragua |
| Length | 5" |
| Gauge | 54 |
