The Honey Pot

[yuppie]

I thought it'd be good to have a thread dedicated to honey notes. Which cigars give you the most honey and which one takes the cake?

Frequently hearing Cohiba, Trinidad, etc.

What's your top honey bomb?

[El Presidente]

  On 5/23/2025 at 11:06 PM, yuppie said:

What's your top honey bomb?

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Honey.....the "white whale" for many. 

There are cigars that "when the honey is on" are simply phenomenal. It doesn't aways happen however, even in those cigars that are renowned for it. 

For me, I can increase my chances however with the following:

Cohiba Robusto

Cohiba Siglo V

Cohiba Esplendido. 

Cohiba Corona Especial

Quai d'Orsay 52 

Aged Quai d'Orsay Corona Claro

Aged Por Larranaga Petit Corona (albeit a caramel version) 

Aged Trinidad Coloniales.

Aged Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure Especial

H, Upmann Magnum 50 

Behike 

MOFOH Robusto Trinity

Desnudo Queen Corona

 

You can hit the "honey" zone in many others but maybe not consistently.

[Chibearsv]

I’ve got such a specific definition of honey flavor in my mind that I can’t say I’ve ever tasted it in a cigar. I get sweetness in a lot of different varieties in cigars, marshmallow, brown sugar, molasses, dried fruits, yellow straw, milk chocolate, etc. but not honey. I’m not the best describer of cigar flavors though. 😁

[yuppie]

  On 5/24/2025 at 12:45 AM, Chibearsv said:

I’ve got such a specific definition of honey flavor in my mind that I can’t say I’ve ever tasted it in a cigar. I get sweetness in a lot of different varieties in cigars, marshmallow, brown sugar, molasses, dried fruits, yellow straw, milk chocolate, etc. but not honey. I’m not the best describer of cigar flavors though. 😁

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Those all sound great to me, perhaps you could list your top 5 or 10 sticks that give you all those.

[yuppie]

  On 5/23/2025 at 11:54 PM, El Presidente said:

Honey.....the "white whale" for many. 

There are cigars that "when the honey is on" are simply phenomenal. It doesn't aways happen however, even in those cigars that are renowned for it. 

For me, I can increase my chances however with the following:

Cohiba Robusto

Cohiba Siglo V

Cohiba Esplendido. 

Cohiba Corona Especial

Quai d'Orsay 52 

Aged Quai d'Orsay Corona Claro

Aged Por Larranaga Petit Corona (albeit a caramel version) 

Aged Trinidad Coloniales.

Aged Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure Especial

H, Upmann Magnum 50 

Behike 

MOFOH Robusto Trinity

Desnudo Queen Corona

 

You can hit the "honey" zone in many others but maybe not consistently.

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I really need to get some CoRos but the prices are just insane at the moment. Maybe when I get access to the trading forum I could get some swaps going!

I have a box of PLPCs, I should probably get yet another.

[Chibearsv]

Rob’s list is a really good one for light sweetness in different varieties except for PLPC and Coloniales which both have a darker sweetness to me.

Some of my favorites: SCDLH La Fuerza is molasses, Monte Edmundo is chocolate, Siglo V is dreamsickle orange and vanilla, RASS is dried prune, and Esplendidos is yellow straw (my absolutely favorite cigar). There’s more to each of these but those are the core flavors I get.

[JohnS]

  On 5/24/2025 at 12:45 AM, Chibearsv said:

I’ve got such a specific definition of honey flavor in my mind that I can’t say I’ve ever tasted it in a cigar.

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Great point. For some of us, those sweet flavours may not translate to 'honey'. For others, 'honey' may just be a nickname reserved for one's wife.

[Çnote]

La Paulina Goldies.

[99call]

Not a fan of that Cohiba honey thing, and I don't see any crossover at all with QDO in term of a honey flavour presence. 

You can get a real distinct dark Manuka honey flavour with San Christobal La Fuerza.  

[cnov]

I find the PLPC hits a sweetness I'd describe as honey - light, floral, sweet.

[chasy]

I’ve had CoRos that taste like I’m sucking on a honeycomb. It’s the single best cigar flavor I’ve had, but very rare. If a CoRo is $75, I’d budget for 5 in order to hope to get that experience once.

[Havanaaddict]

Old COROs & Cohiba Corona Especial will do it with the right amount of age!

Old Punch SS2 will drip honey!

PLPC I get more Carmel!

I also get it from 80's R&J Coronas in cello!

[MrBirdman]

Lanceros are the only cigar I’d add to Rob’s list. 

[Habanoschris]

PL Montecarlo 

PLPC is definitely caramel (had some great ones) if that counts.

To me, certain HdM & even some fonseca flirt with honey notes. I know Cohiba is famous for it but I'm low on good Cohiba experiences and w/ today's pricing not holding my breath on gaining much more soon. 

I have had vanilla, marshmallow & even molasses in many cigars/marcas, then there's floral - a whole other area, lol!

 

P.S. Aging some SCdLH La Fuerza & didn't know what to expect. A couple comments here are helping me fill in the gaps. 👌

[Fugu]

As others are alluding to, ageing seems a prerequisite for it to develop.

Adding to the “list” - and it might sound odd - but I am finding it a lot in aged Chicos, sometimes even more pronounced in well-matured Party Puritos. In combo with the typical strong earthy tobacco flavour of those little buggers it can be a real treat.

Freed from the cello and you’re instantly greeted by that strong honey aroma - which my ‘honey’ (citing John), though, is calling “cat piss”, …goes to show once again, beauty is in the eye of the beholder 😂

[Deeg]

I get a definite creamy vanilla note in HdM when they’re on.

[yuppie]

  On 5/24/2025 at 9:57 PM, Habanoschris said:

PL Montecarlo

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I really need to find some of these.

  On 5/25/2025 at 12:43 PM, Deeg said:

I get a definite creamy vanilla note in HdM when they’re on.

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Good thing I stocked up on nearly every vitola, lol! The main thing missing from my collection is Cohiba right now. I've only got a few Siglo II's which are good, but not heavenly just yet.

[CaptainQuintero]

Probably not a great help these days but if you're able to source any of the older El Rey del Mundo thinner RG sticks, to me they more often than not had a honey stirred through hot creamy porridge character. The PC, GdE particularly.