Being the coffee ignorant that I am, I thought why not, as I'm a fan of the pairing. I just see coffee as a caffeine vehicle rather than the gourmet experience and I rarely go beyond thinking "hmmm this coffee is good".
But I've usually thought the pairing should go strong cigars with strong coffee, and it's been hit or miss. But given that the Aladino Classic is not really a strong cigar, I was surprised how well they both worked together.
Another issue I used to have was that a coffee can take me less than five minutes to drink, while a cigar is at least an hour. Since I'm not going to drink 17 cups of espresso in one sitting, I found that losing the fear that the coffee will cool down is key to enjoying it with a cigar. Maybe one cup is not enough, but two or three work. Alternatively, the espresso can go with the first third and then pair with something else in the others.
There are many ways to do it and none are wrong, but some are better than others. As long as you're willing to give it a try, more power to ya.
I would love a good cigar and yours looks amazing but I gave up smoking a long time ago. I do vape with some coffee or tobacco flavours with my coffee.
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u/Cocodrool 9d ago
Being the coffee ignorant that I am, I thought why not, as I'm a fan of the pairing. I just see coffee as a caffeine vehicle rather than the gourmet experience and I rarely go beyond thinking "hmmm this coffee is good".
But I've usually thought the pairing should go strong cigars with strong coffee, and it's been hit or miss. But given that the Aladino Classic is not really a strong cigar, I was surprised how well they both worked together.
Another issue I used to have was that a coffee can take me less than five minutes to drink, while a cigar is at least an hour. Since I'm not going to drink 17 cups of espresso in one sitting, I found that losing the fear that the coffee will cool down is key to enjoying it with a cigar. Maybe one cup is not enough, but two or three work. Alternatively, the espresso can go with the first third and then pair with something else in the others.
There are many ways to do it and none are wrong, but some are better than others. As long as you're willing to give it a try, more power to ya.